neighbourhood in Zaanstad
Rosmolenbuurt Oost
2,540 residents · postal code 1502 · Part of Rosmolenwijk, Zaanstad
Rosmolenbuurt Oost in Zaanstad slides across almost the whole board: an overall grade of 2.6, with safety (3.5) and quiet (5.2) deep at the bottom. At nearly 50 crimes per 1,000 people present, crime runs well over double the median. This is a rental area, just 32 per cent owner-occupied and half of households single-person. Property, at 371,000 euro, stays under the national middle; no amenity figures are recorded.
- no. 12,690 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 65 of 72 in Zaanstad
How Rosmolenbuurt Oost 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, 178 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
Rosmolenbuurt Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,317 — 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 Rosmolenbuurt Oost calculated?
Rosmolenbuurt Oost scores 2.7 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 Rosmolenbuurt Oost 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 Rosmolenbuurt Oost a safe neighbourhood?
Rosmolenbuurt Oost scores 3.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (49.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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