neighbourhood in Arnhem

Malburgen-West

4,695 residents · postal code 6841 · Part of Malburgen-West, Arnhem

Bottom 40% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

In Malburgen-West it is mostly possessions that go missing. Violence and burglary are both below the national median, while theft is at twice it and vandalism well above. That is an important distinction: the total crime figure is above the national median, but the type that worries people most is below it.

The 3.6 for wealth & income is sharper. The property value lags far behind, the top income group is thin, the bottom one wide, and the social assistance rate is at almost nine times the national median. Only vacancy is below the middle.

Alongside that stands an 8.3 for families, coming from short distances — the primary school is six hundred metres away. The GP is further off than usual, but that counts in a different pillar and says nothing about this family score.

no. 7,870 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 35 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is Malburgen-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malburgen-West comes out at 36 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.

Total crime

35.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

18.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 225 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 307,000

Welfare recipients

70.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

Built after 2000

44%

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

5,873 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,742

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Malburgen-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,873 — 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 Malburgen-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malburgen-West comes out at 36 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 Malburgen-West?

In Malburgen-West the police recorded 225 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Malburgen-West calculated?

Malburgen-West scores 5.5 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 Malburgen-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.