neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Oud Charlois

13,860 residents · postal code 3082 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Oud Charlois one in twelve addresses stands vacant, twice as many as the national median. Vacancy counts in the wealth pillar, and together with a property value that stays far below it and a social assistance figure seven times the Dutch one, that pillar comes to a 2.6.

The crime picture is less sharp than the overall score suggests. Theft is above the national level but not spectacularly, violence almost twice as high, burglary and vandalism above it as well — it is the sum that counts, not one outlier. That produces a 3.3.

For amenities there is an 8.5, with shop, GP and school close by; the railway station is a good deal further and depresses that figure. In the quiet pillar it is mainly the density of almost eleven thousand residents per square kilometre that explains the 3.9.

no. 11,338 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 55 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Oud Charlois a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Charlois comes out at 35 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

34.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

11.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 729 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

4.9 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 244,000

Welfare recipients

57.7 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

11%

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

10,789 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,569

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

0.4 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud Charlois has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,789 — 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 Oud Charlois a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Charlois comes out at 35 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 Oud Charlois?

In Oud Charlois the police recorded 729 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Oud Charlois calculated?

Oud Charlois scores 3.5 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 Oud Charlois 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.