neighbourhood in Vlaardingen

Centrum

6,505 residents · postal code 3131 · Part of Centrum, Vlaardingen

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Almost everything in the Centrum of Vlaardingen is within a few hundred metres: supermarket, GP, restaurant and the primary school. Only the station is not, which is a good six kilometres away. Still the amenities pillar comes out at a 9.5, because the daily distances weigh more heavily in it than the travel distance.

The 3.3 for wealth & income does not come from the income distribution: that deviates hardly at all from the national one at either end. What pulls the pillar down are the property value, far below the median, and social assistance, almost four times above it.

The 2.6 for safety is the lowest figure of this neighbourhood, with quiet just behind it, and it is also the most honest. Violence is registered here more than three times as often as nationally, theft and vandalism both more than twice, and burglary too is above it. There is no type that softens the picture.

no. 11,354 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 26 of 31 in Vlaardingen

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Is Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

48.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

19.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 467 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

0.4 km

Train station

6.4 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 265,000

Welfare recipients

29.2 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

26%

Built after 2000

11%

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

12,708 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,931

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

0.3 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,708 — 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 Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Centrum?

In Centrum the police recorded 467 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (48 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 Centrum calculated?

Centrum 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 Centrum 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.