neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Overschie

6,685 residents · postal code 3043 · Part of Overschie, Rotterdam

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

One in ten addresses in Overschie stands empty, well over twice as many as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and that is the most strongly deviating component of the whole wealth pillar. The 4.7 is not down to the income distribution: households at the top end are even slightly more numerous there than elsewhere and those at the bottom end slightly less numerous. It is the vacancy, a social assistance density well above the national level and a property value below the median that make the score.

With safety, a 3.4, all the types counted lie above the national median. Burglary and vandalism stand out most strongly; violence and theft come out well above it.

What keeps the quiet pillar at a 5.7 despite a modest density is the noise: that comes out clearly above the national level. The share of surface water in fact works in its favour.

no. 10,141 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 38 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Overschie a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Overschie 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

30.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 313 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 375,000

Welfare recipients

28.4 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

45%

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

4,521 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,890

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

0.7 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.2 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Overschie has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,521 — 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 Overschie a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Overschie 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 Overschie?

In Overschie the police recorded 313 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 Overschie calculated?

Overschie scores 4.2 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 Overschie 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.