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Oosterflank

11,170 residents · postal code 3067 · Part of Prins Alexander, Rotterdam

  • no. 12,485 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 68 of 81 in Rotterdam

Scores per pillar

Oosterflank, in Rotterdam's Prins Alexander, lies eleven minutes from the train station and scores 8.7 for amenities. Against that stands a high crime rate: over 57 offences per thousand residents, more than double the national median, and a safety grade of 2.8. Over half of households are single-person and one in five residents is over 65. The average home is worth 286,000 euro.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
0.4 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.1 km
Hospital
2.3 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
1.3 km
Library
1.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
57.2
Violent crimes
4.3
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 286,000
Owner-occupied
32%
Single-family homes
27%
Built after 2000
5%
Income per resident
€ 30,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 11%25–45 28%45–65 25%65+ 21%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
27%
Single-person households
52%
Residents per km²
6,928

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Oosterflank calculated?

Oosterflank scores 2.8 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 Oosterflank a safe neighbourhood?

Oosterflank scores 2.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (57.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.