neighbourhood in Arnhem

De Laar-West

5,880 residents · postal code 6844 · Part of De Laar, Arnhem

Top 44% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Two scores for De Laar-West in Arnhem stand far apart: a 7.4 for safety and a 3.9 for wealth & income. The first is deserved — violence, property crime and vandalism are all three below the national middle and residential burglary is exactly on it. The second rests mainly on property value, far below the Dutch line, and on social assistance use of almost five times the national level; the share of households with a high income lags behind too.

For a neighbourhood where almost nothing was built after 2000 and where a good one in three households have children, the 8.0 for families fits. That pillar is largely a matter of distances and the primary school is close by here; where childcare and secondary education lie counts too, but does not appear in the figures below.

no. 5,697 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 26 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is De Laar-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Laar-West comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

21.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 153 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 310,000

Welfare recipients

39.1 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

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

5,498 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,248

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.6 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Laar-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,498 — 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 De Laar-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Laar-West comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De Laar-West?

In De Laar-West the police recorded 153 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 De Laar-West calculated?

De Laar-West scores 6.7 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 De Laar-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.