neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Beverwaard

11,820 residents · postal code 3077 · Part of IJsselmonde, Rotterdam

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

A 9.7 for families next to a 3.1 for wealth: Beverwaard shows how far apart two pillars in the same neighbourhood can lie. The families figure comes from the primary school around the corner and from the large share of households with children, well over four in ten. The wealth figure comes from all sides at once: a property value far below the national middle, a thin top in the income distribution and a social assistance density that is several times that. Only the vacancy rate points the other way and stays below the national level.

The 3.9 for safety calls for a correction to the picture that goes with such a figure. Theft here in fact occurs less often than is usual in the Netherlands; what pulls the pillar down are violence and vandalism, both well above the middle. Violence is the heaviest component of that figure, and that is where the problem lies.

no. 9,288 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 25 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Beverwaard a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beverwaard comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

32.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 511 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.0 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 256,000

Welfare recipients

65.1 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

54%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

54%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

7,956 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,561

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Beverwaard has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+14%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,956 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Beverwaard a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beverwaard comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Beverwaard?

In Beverwaard the police recorded 511 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Beverwaard calculated?

Beverwaard scores 4.7 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Beverwaard lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.