neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Hillegersberg Zuid

8,440 residents · postal code 3051 · Part of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, Rotterdam

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Theft almost single-handedly determines the safety picture in Hillegersberg Zuid. Property crime lies at more than twice the national level, while vandalism stays below it and burglary sits exactly on the Dutch median. The 4.4 for safety therefore comes from one category, and that is something different from a neighbourhood where things go wrong on all fronts.

With wealth the reverse is the case. The property value lies only just above the national middle, so the 7.0 comes rather from the incomes: top incomes are represented almost twice as thickly as usual, and the bottom income group is clearly thinner. What does not fit with that is the vacancy, which comes out above the Dutch level. The railway station is nine hundred metres away, and that lifts the amenities score to a 9.7.

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Is Hillegersberg Zuid 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

42.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

23.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 586 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 442,000

Welfare recipients

8.3 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

25%

Built after 2000

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

7,065 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,210

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hillegersberg Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,065 — 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 Hillegersberg Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hillegersberg Zuid comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hillegersberg Zuid 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 Hillegersberg Zuid?

In Hillegersberg Zuid the police recorded 586 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (42 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 Hillegersberg Zuid calculated?

Hillegersberg Zuid scores 8.1 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 Hillegersberg Zuid 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.