neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Strand en Duin
2,560 residents · postal code 3151 · Part of Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam
Well-off, but not carefree
More than half of the homes in Strand en Duin are registered as vacant — thirteen times the national level, and by far the most striking figure here. At the same time the property value is missing altogether — no small gap for the wealth & income pillar: that measurement normally weighs heaviest. The 7.7 on the board therefore rests on fewer components than usual, among which incomes far above the national middle and social assistance at zero.
The 3.4 for safety has the same background. The number of reports is divided by the number of residents, and with violence at more than twice the median and property crime at more than double, this is a high figure for such a thinly populated place even without that arithmetic.
The noise level here is far below the national median; it does not get quieter than this in Rotterdam.
- no. 7,873 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Strand en Duin scores
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Is Strand en Duin a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Strand en Duin comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Strand en Duin 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, 175 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
Strand en Duin has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
648 — far less 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 Strand en Duin a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Strand en Duin comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Strand en Duin 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 Strand en Duin?
In Strand en Duin the police recorded 175 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (45 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 Strand en Duin calculated?
Strand en Duin scores 5.5 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 Strand en Duin 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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