neighbourhood in Schiedam

Bachplein

1,315 residents · postal code 3122 · Part of Groenoord, Schiedam

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Bachplein has more greenery and more trees in its immediate surroundings than the average Dutch neighbourhood, and still scores 4.2 for quiet & nature. The explanation is density: over twelve thousand people live here per square kilometre, and in this pillar that weighs as heavily as the greenery.

On wealth & income almost everything points the same way. The property value stays far below the national median, nearly half of households are on a low income, the share of high incomes is small, and social assistance is at a multiple of the national figure. Only the vacancy rate is well below what is usual. The 3.0 that comes out is not an outlier but a sum.

Amenities are close by, with one exception: the railway station is over four kilometres away. That gap between daily shopping and travelling shapes life here more than the score reveals.

no. 11,283 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 55 of 60 in Schiedam

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Is Bachplein a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bachplein comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

35.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

13.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 57 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

4.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 244,000

Welfare recipients

53.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

54%

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

12,566 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,428

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.8 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

0.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bachplein has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,566 — 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 Bachplein a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bachplein comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Bachplein?

In Bachplein the police recorded 57 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Bachplein calculated?

Bachplein scores 3.5 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 Bachplein 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.