neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Pendrecht
12,745 residents · postal code 3086 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Pendrecht reaches a 9.7 for families, and here that is no arithmetical side effect: one in five residents is under fifteen and the primary school is close by. In a neighbourhood where little else goes well, that is the strongest figure.
Because wealth gets no further than a 2.7. The property value stays far below the Dutch median, top incomes are scarce and social assistance benefits occur almost nine times more often per thousand residents than nationally. Only the vacancy rate is perfectly ordinary.
Striking is the greenery: more than is usual nationally, with a tree canopy of almost double. That the quiet pillar nonetheless stays at a 4.4 comes from the density and the noise — and from the water, which is entirely absent here.
- no. 9,324 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 26 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Pendrecht scores
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Is Pendrecht a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Pendrecht comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Pendrecht is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 650 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Pendrecht has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,470 — 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 Pendrecht a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Pendrecht comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Pendrecht 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 Pendrecht?
In Pendrecht the police recorded 650 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Pendrecht calculated?
Pendrecht scores 4.7 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 Pendrecht 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.
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