neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Ommoord

26,105 residents · postal code 3068 · Part of Prins Alexander, Rotterdam

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Three in ten residents of Ommoord are 65 or older, well above the Dutch level. Yet there is a 7.0 for families. That is not a contradiction but a question of what is being measured: almost two thirds of that figure consists of the distance to school and childcare, and the nearest primary school is six hundred metres away. The share of children is in fact small.

Wealth is stuck at a 3.6, and the reason does not lie with the top incomes — that share differs only slightly from the national median. It lies in the property value, by far the heaviest component of that pillar, and in social assistance, which is five times above it.

Quiet is the bright spot with a 6.3: more greenery in the surroundings than is usual nationally and more water, in a neighbourhood where six thousand people nonetheless live per square kilometre.

no. 10,997 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 51 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Ommoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ommoord 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

31.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,055 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

4.5 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 314,000

Welfare recipients

40.6 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

51%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

36%

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

6,002 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,948

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ommoord has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,002 — 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 Ommoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ommoord 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 Ommoord?

In Ommoord the police recorded 1,055 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 Ommoord calculated?

Ommoord 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 Ommoord 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.