neighbourhood in Schiedam

Schrijversbuurt

2,670 residents · postal code 3117 · Part of West, Schiedam

Top 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Eighteen thousand residents per square kilometre explain both the 9.7 for amenities and the 3.2 for quiet & nature in Schrijversbuurt: everything is within a few hundred metres because there is little space in between. Supermarket, restaurant and primary school are all three within four hundred metres.

Despite that density, all four types of offence here are below the Dutch median, good for an 8.9 on safety — unusual for an urban neighbourhood of this size. The wealth & income pillar lags at 4.4, but the picture inside it is mixed: the share of low incomes is below the national level and the share of high incomes just under it, while property value stays well below the median and vacancy runs twice above it. So it is mainly the property side that sets this figure, not the incomes.

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no. 8 of 60 in Schiedam

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Is Schrijversbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schrijversbuurt comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

17.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 65 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

0.7 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.1 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

€ 295,000

Welfare recipients

11.2 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

39%

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

18,129 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,855

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

33%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18,129 — 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 Schrijversbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schrijversbuurt comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Schrijversbuurt?

In Schrijversbuurt the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Schrijversbuurt calculated?

Schrijversbuurt scores 9.1 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 Schrijversbuurt 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.