neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Kleinpolder

8,445 residents · postal code 3042 · Part of Overschie, Rotterdam

Bottom 27% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

One in five residents of Kleinpolder is younger than fifteen and the primary school is round the corner — hence the 9.2 for families. Alongside that stands a 3.1 for safety, and those two do not contradict each other. Violence here lies at more than twice the national level, and that is the offence that weighs the heaviest within the safety pillar.

The quiet pillar sags for an entirely different reason, since crime does not count in it. The noise level lies almost nine decibels above the national median, and that is a large difference; the greenery within walking distance stays below it at the same time. More also stands empty in Kleinpolder than is normal elsewhere, with a property value that itself already lies far below the Dutch middle.

no. 9,560 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 31 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Kleinpolder 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

41.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

15.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 476 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

0.4 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.7 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

€ 306,000

Welfare recipients

58.0 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

29%

Social housing

62%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

21%

Built after 2000

14%

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

6,774 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,003

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.4 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kleinpolder has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,774 — 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 Kleinpolder a safe neighbourhood?

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

In Kleinpolder the police recorded 476 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 Kleinpolder calculated?

Kleinpolder scores 4.5 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 Kleinpolder 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.