neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Cool

6,625 residents · postal code 3012 · Part of Rotterdam Centrum, Rotterdam

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The number of registered offences in Cool is almost ten times as high as in the average Dutch neighbourhood. Theft makes up the largest part of that — fourteen times the median — but violence is proportionally barely behind it. That rules out the reassuring reading: this is not a centre where only bicycles disappear. Burglary is the only type that is not excessive.

The 4.8 for wealth & income comes from a different side than you would think. The top income group is wider here than nationally and the bottom one narrower; so it is not down to incomes. What pulls the figure down are the property value below the median, a social assistance figure of four times the national one, and above all vacancy, which reaches threefold.

The 9.7 for amenities is the flip side of that same place: restaurant, supermarket and station all stand within a kilometre.

no. 11,925 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 67 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Cool a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cool comes out at 231 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Cool 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

230.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

30.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

133.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

8.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 3,325 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

0.9 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

0.9 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 376,000

Welfare recipients

31.7 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

13%

Owner-occupied

15%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

14%

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

10,865 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

19%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

7,010

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

0.6 km

Households with children

12%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Cool has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4548%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,865 — 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 Cool a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cool comes out at 231 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Cool 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 Cool?

In Cool the police recorded 3,325 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (231 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 Cool calculated?

Cool scores 3.2 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 Cool 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.