The districts of Rotterdam

Rotterdam has 672,935 residents (2026), spread across 22 districts and 92 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 27% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

As a municipality, Rotterdam sits at 4.5, better than 26% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Amenities lift that grade with 8.5; safety holds it back at 3.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Molenlaankwartier (9.4), the lowest in Landzicht (2.6). That is 6.8 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 672,935
districts: 22
neighbourhoods: 92
km² of land: 218

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Safety

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

Total crime

48.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

20.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 51,869 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 343,840

Welfare recipients

50.0 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

27%

Built after 2000

14%

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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

9,649 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,082

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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.

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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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

Rotterdam has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,648 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Rotterdam, weighted by population.