neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Pernis
4,915 residents · postal code 3195 · Part of Pernis, Rotterdam
Safe, but not spacious
Incomes in Pernis lie close to the national ratio: the share of high incomes slightly above it, that of low incomes slightly below, vacancy exactly on the Dutch figure and only social assistance modestly above. That the wealth pillar still gets stuck at a 4.7 comes almost entirely from the property value, which lies a good quarter below the national middle.
More striking is the quiet. At 3,113 residents per square kilometre this is not a densely built-up area, and yet the noise level lies a good five decibels above the national figure, while the greenery in the surroundings stays clearly below it. A 4.2, where the density would suggest otherwise.
On safety theft is in fact rare — well below the national figure — and burglary rarer still. Violence lies slightly above. So the 7.4 rests on the absence of property crime.
- no. 7,272 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Pernis scores
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Is Pernis a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Pernis comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 113 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
The age profile of Pernis looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,113 — 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 Pernis a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Pernis comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Pernis?
In Pernis the police recorded 113 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Pernis calculated?
Pernis scores 5.8 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 Pernis 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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