neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Schiebroek
17,065 residents · postal code 3053 · Part of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, Rotterdam
Good for children, with a safety question
Schiebroek reaches a 9.7 for families, and unlike in many neighbourhoods with such a figure the picture holds up: one in five residents is under fifteen, more than a third of households have children and the primary school is around the corner.
Against that stands the weakest pillar. The safety score is a 2.6, and that does not come from one type of offence: theft is at well over double the national median, violence at three times, and burglary and vandalism are clearly above it too.
Wealth, a 4.3, is divided. The share of top incomes is above the Dutch level, while the social assistance figure sits seven times above it. Two extremes within one neighbourhood, with a property value that stays just below the national median — and that last one determines almost forty per cent of the pillar.
- no. 8,041 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 20 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Schiebroek scores
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Is Schiebroek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schiebroek comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schiebroek 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, 1,184 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
Schiebroek has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,537 — 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 Schiebroek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schiebroek comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schiebroek 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 Schiebroek?
In Schiebroek the police recorded 1,184 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (50 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 Schiebroek calculated?
Schiebroek scores 5.4 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 Schiebroek 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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