neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Heijplaat
1,945 residents · postal code 3089 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam
- no. 10,777 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 44 of 81 in Rotterdam
Scores per pillar
Heijplaat is the garden village in the middle of Rotterdam's port, built for the workers of the RDM shipyard and still surrounded by cranes and quays. The isolation is tangible: the nearest primary school and GP are 4.7 kilometres away. Three in ten homes are post-2000. Crime stays just below the median. Overall: 3.8.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Heijplaat calculated?
Heijplaat scores 3.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Heijplaat a safe neighbourhood?
Heijplaat scores 6.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (22.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.