neighbourhood in Zaanstad
Rooswijk
2,505 residents · postal code 1544 · Part of Rooswijk, Zaanstad
Rooswijk in Zaanstad posts a 3.1, close to the lowest possible overall grade: safety stays at 2.7 and wealth & income at 3.7. Crime is exceptionally high, at 62 per 1,000 people present, more than two and a half times the national median. Even so, 42 per cent of households have children. More than six in ten homes are single-family, yet at 38 per cent owner-occupied renting dominates, against property of 356,000 euro.
- no. 12,067 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 62 of 72 in Zaanstad
How Rooswijk 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.
In 2025, 208 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Rooswijk has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,240 — 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
How is the grade for Rooswijk calculated?
Rooswijk scores 3.1 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 Rooswijk 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 Rooswijk a safe neighbourhood?
Rooswijk scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (62.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zaanstad.
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