neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Nieuw Crooswijk

4,200 residents · postal code 3034 · Part of Kralingen-Crooswijk, Rotterdam

Top 29% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The noise level in Nieuw Crooswijk is more than ten decibels above the national median and yet quiet & nature comes to a 6.8. That is the light building, a tree canopy more than twice the national median, and water nearby.

Safety is the mirror image: violence is more than three times above the median, while burglary stays below it. A 3.5 that is therefore mainly about street violence, not about what disappears from homes — a distinction that makes all the difference to anyone moving here.

Wealth & income is divided. The share of higher incomes is above the national level, but the number of social assistance benefits is almost eight times the national level and vacancy is well above it. Alongside a 9.8 for families, that makes this a district no average can describe.

no. 3,730 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Nieuw Crooswijk 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

42.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

14.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 288 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 403,000

Welfare recipients

61.9 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

21%

Social housing

70%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

12%

Built after 2000

37%

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

3,305 inw/km²

Noise level

62 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,609

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.3 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

23%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nieuw Crooswijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1523%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,305 — 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 Nieuw Crooswijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuw Crooswijk comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nieuw Crooswijk 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 Nieuw Crooswijk?

In Nieuw Crooswijk the police recorded 288 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Nieuw Crooswijk calculated?

Nieuw Crooswijk scores 7.9 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 Nieuw Crooswijk 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.