neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Katendrecht

7,225 residents · postal code 3072 · Part of Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

More than half the surface area of Katendrecht is water, and the greenery in the surroundings does not reach a quarter of what lies within three hundred metres nationally. Yet quiet stays stuck at a 3.7, while the noise level sits below the Dutch midpoint. That outcome comes from the density and the missing greenery, not from noise.

The wealth pillar averages two extremes away here into a 6.0. The property value rises above the national median and relatively many households live in the top income group, but the social assistance rate lies five times higher than the average. Those are not contradictory figures; they describe two groups of residents within the same neighbourhood boundary.

no. 7,486 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Katendrecht a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Katendrecht comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

36.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

13.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 381 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

0.4 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

4.7 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

€ 456,000

Welfare recipients

40.1 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

Built after 2000

51%

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

13,073 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

13%

Trees nearby

Water share

53%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,205

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.6 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Katendrecht has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,073 — 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 Katendrecht a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Katendrecht comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Katendrecht?

In Katendrecht the police recorded 381 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Katendrecht calculated?

Katendrecht scores 5.7 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 Katendrecht 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.