neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Rosmolenbuurt West

6,180 residents · postal code 1502 · Part of Rosmolenwijk, Zaanstad

Bottom 2% in the Netherlands

No real strong point

The overall score of 2.6 for Rosmolenbuurt West rests on four pillars instead of five: for amenities there is no figure, because no distance at all to shop, GP, school or station is available for this neighbourhood. That is not a detail — anyone who lays this figure alongside that of another neighbourhood is not comparing the same thing. Within the wealth pillar the income data are missing too, so that pillar rests on fewer components than its weight.

What is there does point one way with quiet & nature: less than half the national share of greenery, a tree canopy below the median and a noise level above it, in a very densely populated neighbourhood. What remains is a 3.8. The safety pillar is more mixed — violence and burglary occur there more often than is usual nationally, theft actually less — and comes out at a 4.3.

no. 12,928 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 67 of 72 in Zaanstad

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Amenities

no grade

Too few figures are available for this area to give a grade.

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Is Rosmolenbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rosmolenbuurt West comes out at 28 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

28.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 237 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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

€ 345,000

Welfare recipients

35.6 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

49%

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

11,855 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

25%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,840

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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.

Households with children

29%

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rosmolenbuurt West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,855 — 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 Rosmolenbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rosmolenbuurt West comes out at 28 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 Rosmolenbuurt West?

In Rosmolenbuurt West the police recorded 237 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Rosmolenbuurt West calculated?

Rosmolenbuurt West scores 2.6 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 Rosmolenbuurt 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.