neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Carnisse

11,285 residents · postal code 3083 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The property value in Carnisse stays below half of the national middle, and the rest of the wealth pillar points the same way: few households at the top end of the income distribution, many at the bottom, benefits at several times the national number and more vacancy than usual. There is no component that softens the 2.7.

Against that stands an 8.4 for families, and that deserves explanation. A quarter of all households here have children, which is not many, but the primary school is half a kilometre away and that distance counts more heavily in the families pillar than the number of children itself. The safety pillar meanwhile leaves no room: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all above the national level, which comes out at a 3.0. What Carnisse does have is proximity — shops, GP and restaurant are a few hundred metres away.

no. 11,471 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 59 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Carnisse a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Carnisse comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Carnisse 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

40.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

13.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 718 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

4.1 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

3.6 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

€ 203,000

Welfare recipients

44.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

19,275 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,189

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.5 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Carnisse has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
19,275 — 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 Carnisse a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Carnisse comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Carnisse 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 Carnisse?

In Carnisse the police recorded 718 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Carnisse calculated?

Carnisse 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 Carnisse 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.