neighbourhood in Vlaardingen

Babberspolder West

4,730 residents · postal code 3135 · Part of Vlaardinger Ambacht, Vlaardingen

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

A 9.6 for families and a 4.6 for wealth & income: in Babberspolder West a relatively large number of households with children live four hundred metres from a primary school, while money is tighter than average. That second pillar is more nuanced than the figure suggests. The income distribution sits practically at the national median — the top group exactly on it, the bottom one just below. What drags the pillar down is the property value, and a social assistance rate at almost three times the median.

The safety pillar stalls at 5.0 because of one type: violence is above the national median while theft stays below it. That is the reverse of the order you would expect in a city district.

The railway station is more than five kilometres away, a considerable distance for a neighbourhood inside the Rotterdam ring.

no. 7,388 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 31 in Vlaardingen

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Is Babberspolder West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Babberspolder West comes out at 20 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

19.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 113 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

5.2 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 333,000

Welfare recipients

23.3 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

60%

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

8,687 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,931

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

0.4 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Babberspolder West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,687 — 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 Babberspolder West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Babberspolder West comes out at 20 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 Babberspolder West?

In Babberspolder West the police recorded 113 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Babberspolder West calculated?

Babberspolder West 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 Babberspolder West 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.