neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Noordereiland

3,560 residents · postal code 3071 · Part of Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

More than sixty per cent of Noordereiland is water, and that explains part of what else is missing: greenery within three hundred metres amounts to a fraction of the national median and tree canopy is almost absent. The 2.9 for quiet & nature follows from that, along with density and traffic noise.

The safety figures are more nuanced than the number of reported offences suggests. Theft, burglary and vandalism all sit below the Dutch middle; it is violence that comes out at almost double it, and violence weighs heaviest in this pillar.

The 3.5 for families comes from two sides at once: the primary school is a kilometre and a half away, and the share of households with children stays well below the median. For an island in the middle of a city, that distance is the most striking number.

no. 10,906 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 48 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Noordereiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noordereiland comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

30.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 177 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

1.0 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

4.5 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

€ 369,000

Welfare recipients

44.9 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

13%

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

14,349 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

Trees nearby

Water share

63%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,408

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.5 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

1.5 km

Households with children

18%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noordereiland has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4540%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,349 — 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 Noordereiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noordereiland comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Noordereiland?

In Noordereiland the police recorded 177 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Noordereiland calculated?

Noordereiland scores 3.7 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 Noordereiland 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.