neighbourhood in Arnhem

Elderveld-Zuid

3,640 residents · postal code 6843 · Part of Elderveld, Arnhem

Bottom 47% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Elderveld-Zuid takes an 8.3 for safety, and that figure deserves nuance. Violence runs at less than half the national median and burglary is almost absent, but property offences sit above it and so does vandalism. What happens here is mainly theft, and that weighs less heavily in this pillar than violence does.

The 3.2 for wealth & income is the figure that defines the neighbourhood. Social assistance runs more than five times the national rate, nearly half of households are on a low income, high incomes are uncommon and property values sit well below the median; only vacancy is low. The families score of 6.1 meanwhile goes with a school distance of just over a kilometre.

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no. 33 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is Elderveld-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Elderveld-Zuid comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

22.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

11.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 99 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 282,000

Welfare recipients

41.2 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

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

4,954 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,216

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

1.1 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Elderveld-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,954 — 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 Elderveld-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Elderveld-Zuid comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Elderveld-Zuid?

In Elderveld-Zuid the police recorded 99 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Elderveld-Zuid calculated?

Elderveld-Zuid scores 6.0 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 Elderveld-Zuid 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.