neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Bloemhof

13,740 residents · postal code 3073 · Part of Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Unlike in many neighbourhoods with a low safety figure, theft is not the problem in Bloemhof: that figure sits virtually at the national median. What stands out is violence, registered almost three times as often as in the average neighbourhood, and vandalism, well over double. Because violence is the heaviest component of that pillar, the score remains at a 3.0.

Wealth is the lowest figure in the neighbourhood at a 2.5 and one of the lowest in the country. Hardly a household in the highest income group, well over half in the lowest, a property value far below the Dutch middle and social assistance benefits ten times above it.

Against that stands a 9.4 for families, with the primary school around the corner, and a 9.5 for amenities: shop, GP and restaurant are all within walking distance.

no. 10,996 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 50 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Bloemhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemhof comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bloemhof is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

43.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

9.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 862 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 242,000

Welfare recipients

81.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

17%

Social housing

60%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

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

17,689 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

28%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,544

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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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

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bloemhof has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 11%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,689 — 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 Bloemhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemhof comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bloemhof is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Bloemhof?

In Bloemhof the police recorded 862 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Bloemhof calculated?

Bloemhof scores 3.7 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 Bloemhof 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.