Vehicle Theft EU

Motorcycle theft in Rotterdam

Zuid-Holland · Netherlands

High theft risk

Rotterdam is in the top 4% for recorded vehicle theft in Netherlands — 0.28 per 1,000 residents (2025). We'd strongly recommend secure, off-street parking here.

Based on motorcycle/scooter theft — recorded crime only. Vehicle theft is significantly underreported; actual incidence is higher.

Official Recorded Data

Motorcycle/scooter theft

Rate per 1,000 residents

0.28

Percentile

96th

Top 4% riskiest in country

Year

2025

185 recorded thefts670,610 residents

Recorded crime only. Vehicle theft is significantly underreported — actual incidence is higher.

Motorcycles & mopeds only. This figure covers only the vehicle type named above — not all motor vehicles.

Denominator: resident population. Per 1,000 residents (the only freely available town-level denominator). Not per registered vehicle.

Source: CBS StatLine 83651NED Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) · CC-BY 4.0 · Retrieved Jun 2026

Moped/light-scooter theft

Rate per 1,000 residents

1.94

Percentile

100th

Top 0% riskiest in country

Year

2025

1,300 recorded thefts670,610 residents

Recorded crime only. Vehicle theft is significantly underreported — actual incidence is higher.

Mopeds/scooters only. This figure covers only the vehicle type named above — not all motor vehicles.

Denominator: resident population. Per 1,000 residents (the only freely available town-level denominator). Not per registered vehicle.

Source: CBS StatLine 83651NED Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) · CC-BY 4.0 · Retrieved Jun 2026

Area Map

Safer places nearby

Lower recorded theft within 50 km of Rotterdam:

Rate per 1,000 residents — recorded crime only. Distance is centroid-to-centroid.

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