neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Kralingen West

15,925 residents · postal code 3061 · Part of Kralingen-Crooswijk, Rotterdam

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The share of top incomes in Kralingen West sits exactly at the Dutch level; it is the bottom end that expands, with almost half in the lowest group. That makes the 3.9 for wealth something other than poverty across the board — the extremes exist side by side here, with a social assistance figure almost seven times above the national one.

Amenities reach a 9.9. Restaurant, supermarket and GP are around the corner and the station is walkable; that figure cannot get much higher.

The price is in the quiet pillar: a 3.0. There is no water, the greenery stays below the national median and more than fifteen thousand people live per square kilometre. Six in ten households consist of one person, and with few children in the neighbourhood the 7.0 for families is mainly a matter of short distances.

no. 10,248 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 40 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Kralingen West 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

44.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

22.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 999 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 386,000

Welfare recipients

54.0 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

15,569 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

34%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,787

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

20%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kralingen West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2522%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,569 — 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 Kralingen West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kralingen West comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kralingen West 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 Kralingen West?

In Kralingen West the police recorded 999 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Kralingen West calculated?

Kralingen West scores 4.1 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 Kralingen West 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.