neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Tarwewijk

12,245 residents · postal code 3081 · Part of Charlois, Rotterdam

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A quarter of the surface of the Tarwewijk consists of water, far more than is usual nationally, and yet the quiet pillar gets no higher than a 3.3. The reason is in the other components: not even a fifth of the surroundings is green, the noise level is well above the Dutch median and more than fourteen thousand people live on every square kilometre.

The offence figure is almost three and a half times the national one, and all four counted types are above it — violence most strongly, with almost three times as many registrations as in the average neighbourhood. That produces a 2.8 for safety.

The population is strikingly young. For families that means a 9.0, together with a primary school a short distance away. What is not there is money: the property value stays far below the Dutch middle and few households have a high income, which produces a 2.6 for wealth.

no. 11,515 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 61 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Tarwewijk a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

63.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

14.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,196 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

3.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.8 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

€ 223,000

Welfare recipients

60.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

25%

Social housing

34%

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

14,464 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

21%

Trees nearby

Water share

26%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,970

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

29%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Tarwewijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,464 — 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 Tarwewijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tarwewijk comes out at 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Tarwewijk 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 Tarwewijk?

In Tarwewijk the police recorded 1,196 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (64 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 Tarwewijk calculated?

Tarwewijk scores 3.4 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 Tarwewijk 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.