neighbourhood in Arnhem

Graaf Ottoplein e.o.

2,985 residents · postal code 6821 · Part of St. Marten/Sonsbeek, Arnhem

Top 20% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

With eighteen thousand residents per square kilometre the building density in Graaf Ottoplein e.o. is extreme, and the population matches it: almost six in ten households consist of one person, and there are strikingly few older people and children.

Even so, the families pillar reaches 7.3. That comes from the primary school three hundred metres away, not from the children, who are in fact scarce here. That pillar mainly measures how reachable education and childcare are, and in this part of Arnhem that is excellent.

The 3.6 for quiet & nature and the 9.7 for amenities are two sides of the same thing. Restaurant and supermarket are round the corner, the station is just over a kilometre away, and the noise level is well above the national median. Among the offences, of the four types only property crime is raised; violence and burglary are well below the national median.

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Is Graaf Ottoplein e.o. a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Graaf Ottoplein e.o. 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.

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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

21.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 380,000

Welfare recipients

16.8 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

18,056 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,928

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

0.3 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4544%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18,056 — 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 Graaf Ottoplein e.o. a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Graaf Ottoplein e.o. 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 Graaf Ottoplein e.o.?

In Graaf Ottoplein e.o. 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 Graaf Ottoplein e.o. calculated?

Graaf Ottoplein e.o. scores 8.5 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 Graaf Ottoplein e.o. 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.