neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Groot IJsselmonde
29,715 residents · postal code 3079 · Part of IJsselmonde, Rotterdam
Everything close by, safety lags
Almost thirty thousand people live in Groot IJsselmonde, and on that scale half a point of difference stands for hundreds of reported offences. The 2.7 for safety does not rest on theft alone here. Violence is registered more than three times as often as is usual nationally, and that is precisely what weighs heaviest in the pillar; burglary, theft and vandalism are above it as well. Not a single type of offence pulls the figure down.
On wealth the components all point the same way. The homes are worth a good deal less than the national median, social assistance benefits occur several times more often per thousand residents, and the top income group is thinly represented. Only the vacancy rate sits exactly at the national level.
That the families pillar reaches 8.3 at the same time comes from distance: the distance to school and childcare makes up almost two thirds of that figure and the primary school is six hundred metres away, while no more children live here than elsewhere in the country.
- no. 11,371 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 56 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Groot IJsselmonde scores
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Is Groot IJsselmonde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groot IJsselmonde comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Groot IJsselmonde 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.
In 2025, 2,036 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Groot IJsselmonde has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,187 — 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 Groot IJsselmonde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groot IJsselmonde comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Groot IJsselmonde 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 Groot IJsselmonde?
In Groot IJsselmonde the police recorded 2,036 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Groot IJsselmonde calculated?
Groot IJsselmonde 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 Groot IJsselmonde 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.
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