neighbourhood in Arnhem
Transvaalbuurt
760 residents · postal code 6814 · Part of Burgemeesterswijk/Hoogkamp, Arnhem
Everything close by, little space
Nearly nine thousand residents per square kilometre, noise exposure more than nine decibels above the national median and under two-thirds of the national level of greenery within three hundred metres: Transvaalbuurt lands on a 2.6 for quiet & nature, its lowest score.
That is the flip side of a 9.4 for amenities. A restaurant at two hundred metres, supermarket and school at six hundred, station at a kilometre — the density that costs the quiet delivers the access.
The wealth & income pillar splits in two. Property values and income distribution are slightly more favourable than the national ones, but the rate of social assistance comes to nearly twice the middle and vacancy is above it. With some 760 residents, the per-thousand crime figures should be read with some restraint.
- no. 9,168 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 40 of 81 in Arnhem
How Transvaalbuurt scores
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Is Transvaalbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Transvaalbuurt comes out at 27 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.
In 2025, 37 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Transvaalbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 24%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–2524%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
70% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,854 — 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 Transvaalbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Transvaalbuurt 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 Transvaalbuurt?
In Transvaalbuurt the police recorded 37 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 Transvaalbuurt calculated?
Transvaalbuurt scores 4.7 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 Transvaalbuurt 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.
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