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Schiehart

2,160 residents · postal code 3119 · Part of Nieuwland, Schiedam

Top 45% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Schiehart in Schiedam's Nieuwland district has been urban-renewed — almost a third of homes built after 2000 — and has top-tier amenities: a 9.9, with shops and a GP within three hundred metres. Safety trails at 4.2, with 26.7 crimes per 1,000 people present. Two-thirds is owner-occupied, at a value of €338,000. Social cohesion holds up at 5.0.

  • no. 5,844 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 20 of 60 in Schiedam

How Schiehart scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
26.7 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.7 per 1,000
Property crime
8.9 per 1,000
Vandalism
4.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 76 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.
Supermarket
0.3 km
GP practice
0.2 km
Train station
1.1 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Hospital
2.1 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
0.8 km
Motorway ramp
0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 338,000
Welfare recipients
13.9 per 1,000
High incomes
19%
Low incomes
37%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
65%
Social housing
14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
35%
Built after 2000
31%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
11,303 inw/km²
Noise level
57 dB
Green surroundings
29%
Trees nearby
6%
Water share
14%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
3,779
Fine particles (PM2.5)
9.1 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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The figures

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
35%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.2 km
Residents under 15
16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Schiehart has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1516%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2512%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4530%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6527%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    40%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    35%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    11,303far 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

How is the grade for Schiehart calculated?

Schiehart scores 6.6 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Schiehart lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Schiehart a safe neighbourhood?

Schiehart scores 4.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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