neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Rubroek

8,430 residents · postal code 3031 · Part of Kralingen-Crooswijk, Rotterdam

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Rubroek counts more than sixteen thousand residents per square kilometre and not a single single-family home. That density explains two scores at once: a 9.9 for amenities, because supermarket, GP, school and restaurant all stand within half a kilometre, and a 3.3 for quiet, because greenery is scarce there and it is louder than is usual nationally.

Safety, with a 2.6, is the lowest of the five scores, and that deserves explanation. All four counted crime types lie above the Dutch middle, but burglary stands out at more than four times the median. In absolute numbers theft is the largest item. The share of social assistance recipients in Rubroek also comes out at a level that is rare in the Netherlands, and the lowest income group covers about half of the households there.

no. 11,656 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 64 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Rubroek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rubroek comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rubroek 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.

Total crime

61.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.6 per 1,000

Property crime

29.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 729 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

0.5 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 316,000

Welfare recipients

67.6 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

19%

Social housing

47%

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

16,077 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

8,096

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.7 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

0.4 km

Households with children

20%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rubroek has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 19%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2519%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
16,077 — 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 Rubroek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rubroek comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rubroek 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 Rubroek?

In Rubroek the police recorded 729 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (61 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 Rubroek calculated?

Rubroek scores 3.3 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 Rubroek 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.