neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Charlois Zuidrand

630 residents · postal code 3084 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Six times the national median in reported offences, in a neighbourhood of six hundred and thirty residents: that is the figure putting Charlois Zuidrand at 2.6 for safety. Property crime makes up the largest share, but violence here is also more than three times above the national figure, so the picture goes beyond things going missing.

The wealth & income pillar is more favourable at 7.5, but not across the board: property values are well above the national median and no social assistance is registered, while almost half of households are on a low income — more than is usual nationally. Expensive housing and thin wallets side by side. Noise levels are more than ten decibels above the median, which is striking in a neighbourhood with barely more than three hundred residents per square kilometre.

no. 11,330 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Charlois Zuidrand 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

152.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

92.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 283 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

5.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 616,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

21%

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

321 inw/km²

Noise level

62 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,034

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

1.0 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Charlois Zuidrand has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
321 — far less 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 Charlois Zuidrand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Charlois Zuidrand comes out at 153 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Charlois Zuidrand 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 Charlois Zuidrand?

In Charlois Zuidrand the police recorded 283 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (153 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 Charlois Zuidrand calculated?

Charlois Zuidrand scores 3.5 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 Charlois Zuidrand 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.