neighbourhood in Arnhem
Burgemeesterswijk
2,915 residents · postal code 6814 · Part of Burgemeesterswijk/Hoogkamp, Arnhem
Everything close by, little space
The primary school is seven hundred metres away and yet Burgemeesterswijk sticks at a 5.8 for families. That cannot be about distance here; it is about who lives there. One in ten residents is under fifteen and barely one in six households has children, both well below the national level.
The crime picture is pronounced in one type. Property offences run at more than double the national median, while violence stays at less than half of it and burglary sits exactly on it. This is a neighbourhood where things go missing, not one where you would rather stay in of an evening — hence a 6.1 with a total above the national figure.
Wealth & income reaches a 7.6, carried by a property value far above the national median; social assistance and vacancy are the only components above.
- no. 3,815 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 81 in Arnhem
How Burgemeesterswijk scores
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Is Burgemeesterswijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Burgemeesterswijk comes out at 31 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.
In 2025, 157 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
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
Burgemeesterswijk has strikingly few children under 15: 10%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,955 — 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 Burgemeesterswijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Burgemeesterswijk comes out at 31 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 Burgemeesterswijk?
In Burgemeesterswijk the police recorded 157 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Burgemeesterswijk calculated?
Burgemeesterswijk scores 7.8 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 Burgemeesterswijk 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.
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