neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Liskwartier

7,685 residents · postal code 3037 · Part of Noord, Rotterdam

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

A 9.8 for amenities and a 3.0 for quiet: Liskwartier trades silence for proximity, and does so fairly extremely. Supermarket, GP, primary school and restaurant are all within a few minutes' walk. The noise is almost ten decibels above the Dutch middle and the greenery in the immediate surroundings reaches only half the national level.

The safety figure of 2.8 comes mainly from theft, which is at more than three times the Dutch middle. But it is not only that: violence, burglary and vandalism all lie above it too, and violence weighs most heavily within that pillar. So this is not a pure theft profile.

The wealth score sticks at a 4.7 while more earners at the top end live here than nationally. A property value below the Dutch middle, vacancy above it and social assistance at a multiple of the national level keep that pillar low.

no. 9,364 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 28 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Liskwartier 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

50.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

28.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 611 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

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

2.3 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

€ 387,000

Welfare recipients

42.9 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

39%

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

13,971 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

28%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,706

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

0.4 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Liskwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,971 — 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 Liskwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Liskwartier comes out at 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Liskwartier 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 Liskwartier?

In Liskwartier the police recorded 611 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (51 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 Liskwartier calculated?

Liskwartier scores 4.6 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 Liskwartier 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.