neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Bospolder

7,565 residents · postal code 3025 · Part of Delfshaven, Rotterdam

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Supermarket, GP, restaurant and school are all within walking distance in Bospolder, and that produces a 9.6 for amenities. Next to it stands a 3.0 for safety. The number of registered offences is almost three times as high as nationally, and that does not come from a single category: violence lies far above the Dutch figure, theft further still, vandalism too, and only burglary falls exactly on the national value.

The 9.3 for families in this Rotterdam neighbourhood is mainly about the short distance to school and far less about numbers of children - the share of young children barely deviates from the national picture. Sharpest is the wealth pillar, which comes out at a 2.9: the social assistance share is more than ten times that of an average neighbourhood, and more than half the residents live in a household with a low income.

no. 11,437 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 58 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Bospolder a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

64.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

34.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 732 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

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 299,000

Welfare recipients

88.6 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

22%

Social housing

59%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

11%

Built after 2000

14%

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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

15,403 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,662

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

32%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bospolder has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,403 — 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 Bospolder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bospolder comes out at 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bospolder 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 Bospolder?

In Bospolder the police recorded 732 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (65 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 Bospolder calculated?

Bospolder scores 3.4 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 Bospolder 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.