neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Hoogvliet Noord

12,605 residents · postal code 3194 · Part of Hoogvliet, Rotterdam

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The traffic noise in Hoogvliet Noord is considerably above the national median, and yet the quiet pillar reaches a 6.3. That comes from the other components: with not even three thousand residents per square kilometre the population density is low, and there is more water in the surroundings than usual.

The railway station is a good twelve kilometres away, by far the greatest distance of all the amenities measured here; shop, GP and restaurant are close by, and so that pillar comes to a 6.6.

Burglary is the figure that stands out: well over double the Dutch level, and after violence the component with the most weight in the safety pillar. The score remains at a 3.3, with violence and theft also above the national median. For families there is a 9.4, with a primary school close by and four in ten households with children.

no. 9,125 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Hoogvliet Noord 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

36.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

12.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 671 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

12.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 302,000

Welfare recipients

32.5 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

65%

Built after 2000

22%

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

2,742 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,662

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

40%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoogvliet Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,742 — 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 Hoogvliet Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogvliet Noord comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoogvliet Noord 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 Hoogvliet Noord?

In Hoogvliet Noord the police recorded 671 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Hoogvliet Noord calculated?

Hoogvliet Noord scores 4.8 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 Hoogvliet Noord 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.