neighbourhood in Arnhem

Boulevardwijk

2,030 residents · postal code 6828 · Part of Spijkerkwartier, Arnhem

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Three quarters of households in Boulevardwijk consist of one person and barely one in twelve has children. That makes the 7.1 for families misleading for anyone who reads it as 'lots of families live here': the score comes from the short distance to the primary school, not from who lives there.

All four types of offence are above the national median, theft by the widest margin; at a density of almost twelve thousand residents per square kilometre, that is the profile of a busy urban area. That same density pushes quiet & nature down to a 2.6, along with a noise level far above the median and little greenery nearby. What the neighbourhood gives back is reach: practically everything is within six hundred metres and the station just over a kilometre away.

no. 11,321 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 56 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is Boulevardwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Boulevardwijk comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

33.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

13.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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

0.6 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 353,000

Welfare recipients

39.4 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

Built after 2000

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

11,954 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,448

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Boulevardwijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–156%
NL median 14%
15–2520%
NL median 11%
25–4544%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
74% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
8% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,954 — 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 Boulevardwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Boulevardwijk comes out at 33 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 Boulevardwijk?

In Boulevardwijk the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Boulevardwijk calculated?

Boulevardwijk scores 3.5 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 Boulevardwijk 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.