neighbourhood in Arnhem

Velperweg-Noord

1,745 residents · postal code 6824 · Part of Velperweg e.o., Arnhem

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

In Velperweg-Noord the wealth components point in two directions, unusual enough to pause over. The share of high incomes is above the national median and the share of low incomes clearly below it — a favourable distribution. At the same time property values are well below the median and the rate of social assistance more than double it. The 4.8 is therefore not a score about poor residents but about cheap housing.

That housing stock is almost entirely flats and largely rented, which fits a place with nearly ten thousand residents per square kilometre.

The crime figure is above the national middle and leans on property crime, more than twice the median, while burglary stays far below. Everything is within a kilometre, the station included.

no. 9,382 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 81 in Arnhem

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Is Velperweg-Noord a safe 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

40.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

21.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 112 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 313,000

Welfare recipients

17.2 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

26%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

27%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

12%

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

9,905 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,573

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.8 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

0.7 km

Households with children

11%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Velperweg-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 52%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4552%
NL median 22%
45–6516%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
11% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,905 — 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 Velperweg-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Velperweg-Noord comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Velperweg-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Velperweg-Noord?

In Velperweg-Noord the police recorded 112 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Velperweg-Noord calculated?

Velperweg-Noord scores 4.6 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 Velperweg-Noord 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.