neighbourhood in Arnhem

Over het Lange Water

5,410 residents · postal code 6825 · Part of Presikhaaf-Oost, Arnhem

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Noise is the sharpest figure in the quiet pillar in Over het Lange Water. The level is more than seven decibels above the Dutch median here, and together with a high population density and little greenery within three hundred metres that explains the 3.9 on that component.

The wealth score has no mitigating component at all. The property value lags far behind the national level, the top income group is half as large here as in the Netherlands as a whole, the bottom one considerably larger, and per thousand residents far more people receive social assistance here than is usual nationally. Only the vacancy rate is not bad, and that weighs lightly.

What completes the picture is the composition of the households. At a majority of addresses one person lives, and at a quarter a child. So this is not a neighbourhood where families set the tone, even though that pillar produces a 6.7.

no. 11,745 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 63 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is Over het Lange Water a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Over het Lange Water comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

27.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 187 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 251,000

Welfare recipients

53.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

49%

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

5,219 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,338

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

24%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Over het Lange Water has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,219 — 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 Over het Lange Water a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Over het Lange Water comes out at 27 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 Over het Lange Water?

In Over het Lange Water the police recorded 187 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Over het Lange Water calculated?

Over het Lange Water scores 3.3 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 Over het Lange Water 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.