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neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Nieuwe Werk

3,240 residents · postal code 3016 · Part of Rotterdam Centrum, Rotterdam

  • no. 1,345 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 2 of 81 in Rotterdam

Scores per pillar

Het Nieuwe Werk is a prosperous central Rotterdam neighbourhood: income of €63,000 per resident, among the highest in this set, and a home value of €656,000. Almost everything is flats and barely six percent of residents are under fifteen. Social cohesion scores 9.8. Safety stays mid-table at 5.0, with more than 40 crimes per 1,000 people present.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
1.1 km
Secondary school
1.6 km
Childcare
0.9 km
Train station
2.3 km
Hospital
0.5 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.2 km
Library
2.4 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
40.9
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 656,000
Owner-occupied
43%
Single-family homes
2%
Built after 2000
44%
Income per resident
€ 63,000

Who lives here

0–15 6%15–25 21%25–45 39%45–65 21%65+ 13%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
10%
Single-person households
58%
Residents per km²
4,707

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Nieuwe Werk calculated?

Nieuwe Werk scores 9.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Nieuwe Werk a safe neighbourhood?

Nieuwe Werk scores 5.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (40.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.