neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Molenlaankwartier

8,230 residents · postal code 3055 · Part of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, Rotterdam

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The Molenlaankwartier scores high almost everywhere, and low on one point: safety is stuck at a 4.4. That score is almost entirely about burglary, which occurs there more than five times as often as nationally. Violence lies exactly on the Dutch median and vandalism below it, so the total crime figure hardly deviates — the composition does.

The 9.8 for families comes both from the short school distance and from who lives there: four in ten households have children, and at the same time almost a quarter of the residents are 65 or older. Both ends of the age profile are therefore well represented in the Molenlaankwartier. The wealth score rests on a property value far above the national level and on incomes that point the same way.

no. 966 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Molenlaankwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenlaankwartier comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

25.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.3 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 316 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

2.8 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

€ 726,000

Welfare recipients

4.9 per 1,000

High incomes

44%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

68%

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

4,115 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,723

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

40%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Molenlaankwartier has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,115 — 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 Molenlaankwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenlaankwartier comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Molenlaankwartier?

In Molenlaankwartier the police recorded 316 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Molenlaankwartier calculated?

Molenlaankwartier scores 9.4 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 Molenlaankwartier 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.