neighbourhood in Schiedam

Van Zantenbuurt

2,505 residents · postal code 3122 · Part of Groenoord, Schiedam

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

A 10.0 for families is rare. Van Zantenbuurt gets one: the primary school is three hundred metres away and four in ten households have children. Beside it stands a 2.6 for wealth & income, the sharpest contrast this neighbourhood has to offer. The property value is far below the middle, higher incomes are rare and the social assistance rate is almost eight times the national level.

With more than fifteen thousand residents per square kilometre this is one of the most densely built neighbourhoods in the country, and that is where the 3.5 for quiet & nature comes from. That same density puts everything a few hundred metres away: the 9.4 for amenities is the mirror image of the low quiet score, not its counterweight.

no. 7,302 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 60 in Schiedam

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Is Van Zantenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Van Zantenbuurt comes out at 32 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

32.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

9.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 101 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

0.4 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 252,000

Welfare recipients

59.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

67%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

19%

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

15,635 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,743

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

0.3 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Van Zantenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,635 — 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 Van Zantenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Van Zantenbuurt comes out at 32 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 Van Zantenbuurt?

In Van Zantenbuurt the police recorded 101 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Van Zantenbuurt calculated?

Van Zantenbuurt scores 5.8 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 Van Zantenbuurt 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.