neighbourhood in Arnhem

Rijkerswoerd-West

4,435 residents · postal code 6836 · Part of Rijkerswoerd, Arnhem

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The noise level in Rijkerswoerd-West sits more than six decibels above the national median and there is no water nearby. Together with a green share below the middle, that produces the 3.4 for quiet & nature, this neighbourhood's weakest score.

What keeps the wealth & income pillar at a 4.2 is mainly the social assistance rate, running at more than five times the national level. Vacancy is minimal and property values stay only modestly below the median; so it is the income side and not the housing stock that sets the score.

Safety stands at a 5.8 while slightly more offences are recorded than nationally. Those are property offences; violence and burglary sit at or below the median, and together those two make up almost six tenths of the pillar.

no. 10,697 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 48 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is Rijkerswoerd-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijkerswoerd-West comes out at 27 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

26.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

11.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 155 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

1.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 335,000

Welfare recipients

40.6 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

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

3,545 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,714

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

0.9 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Rijkerswoerd-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,545 — 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 Rijkerswoerd-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijkerswoerd-West comes out at 27 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 Rijkerswoerd-West?

In Rijkerswoerd-West the police recorded 155 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 Rijkerswoerd-West calculated?

Rijkerswoerd-West scores 3.9 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 Rijkerswoerd-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.