neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Heijplaat

1,945 residents · postal code 3089 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Heijplaat is part of Rotterdam, but its everyday amenities are spread out as though they belonged to two different villages. The supermarket and a restaurant are round the corner; the GP and the primary school are almost five kilometres away. That combination is rare and explains two figures at once: amenities stops at 4.9 despite the shop nearby, and the families score is held down by the same school distance, because distance to school and childcare is close to two thirds of that pillar.

The overall score of 3.0 does not come from crime. Reported offences are below the national median and property offences well below it; only vandalism stands out, at more than double the median. What drags the score down is the setting: a 2.6 for quiet & nature, with clearly less greenery nearby than is usual across the country and a noise level far above the median. On top of that, social assistance is at a multiple of the national figure, which weighs on the wealth & income pillar.

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no. 73 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Heijplaat a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heijplaat comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

22.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

4.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 55 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

4.7 km

Train station

9.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

7.2 km

Café

4.7 km

Library

5.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 317,000

Welfare recipients

46.3 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

59%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

30%

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

4,970 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

21%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

323

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

4.7 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

22%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Heijplaat has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1522%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,970 — 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 Heijplaat a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heijplaat comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Heijplaat?

In Heijplaat the police recorded 55 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Heijplaat calculated?

Heijplaat scores 3.0 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 Heijplaat 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.