neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Middelland

11,695 residents · postal code 3021 · Part of Delfshaven, Rotterdam

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The property value in Middelland differs little from the national middle, and yet wealth remains stuck at a 4.4. That is because the incomes here fan out in two directions: more households with a high income live here than usual and more with a low income, while the social assistance density is several times what is normal in the Netherlands. Property value and social assistance together make up more than half of this pillar, so those two determine what comes out.

For quiet there is no mitigation: a 2.6. Not even a third of the immediate surroundings is green, against well over half in the country, water is entirely absent and the noise level is considerably higher than usual. At seventeen thousand residents per square kilometre that is to be expected, but it does make clear what the 9.8 for amenities costs here.

no. 10,735 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 44 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Middelland 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

49.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

18.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 961 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

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

1.6 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

€ 399,000

Welfare recipients

41.9 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

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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

17,176 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

28%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

7,178

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.

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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

21%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,176 — 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 Middelland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Middelland comes out at 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Middelland 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 Middelland?

In Middelland the police recorded 961 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (49 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 Middelland calculated?

Middelland scores 3.8 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 Middelland 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.