neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Oude Westen

9,630 residents · postal code 3014 · Part of Rotterdam Centrum, Rotterdam

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The property value in het Oude Westen is not even far below the national middle, and yet wealth comes out at a 3.4. That lies entirely on the income side: half of households have a low income, the highest income group is more thinly represented than usual and the number of social assistance benefits is at about ten times the national number.

Quiet is the weakest figure in the neighbourhood at a 2.6, and that does not come as a surprise: not even a quarter of the surroundings is green, water is absent and seventeen thousand people live per square kilometre. Against that stands a 9.7 for amenities — supermarket, restaurant and station are within walking distance or just beyond. Theft is far above the national level and violence at well over three times, which explains the 3.0 for safety; only burglary keeps exactly to the national median value.

no. 11,829 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 65 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Oude Westen 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

57.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

24.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 923 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

0.7 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 370,000

Welfare recipients

83.1 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

19%

Social housing

59%

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

17,001 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

22%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,842

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

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Who lives here

Oude Westen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,001 — 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 Oude Westen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oude Westen comes out at 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oude Westen 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 Oude Westen?

In Oude Westen the police recorded 923 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (58 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 Oude Westen calculated?

Oude Westen scores 3.2 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 Oude Westen 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.