neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Oud Mathenesse

6,985 residents · postal code 3028 · Part of Delfshaven, Rotterdam

Bottom 4% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Everything is around the corner. Supermarket, GP, primary school and restaurant all stand within half a kilometre in Oud Mathenesse, and that produces a 9.6 for amenities. None of the other pillars comes close to it.

The flip side of that same density is in the quiet pillar, a 2.6: little greenery, little tree canopy, a lot of noise and very many people on little ground.

With wealth not a single component points the other way. The property value lies at about half the national median, top incomes are rare there, low incomes anything but, and the social assistance density comes out a multiple above it.

And unlike in many busy city neighbourhoods, the registered offences are not only about property. Violence occurs here almost three times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and that difference is large enough to determine the picture.

no. 12,594 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 79 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Oud Mathenesse a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

53.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

18.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 562 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 214,000

Welfare recipients

45.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

8,345 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,668

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.5 km

Households with children

20%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud Mathenesse has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,345 — 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 Mathenesse a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Mathenesse comes out at 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oud Mathenesse is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Mathenesse?

In Oud Mathenesse the police recorded 562 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (53 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 Mathenesse calculated?

Oud Mathenesse scores 2.8 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 Mathenesse 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.