neighbourhood in Heumen

Malden-Oost

6,080 residents · postal code 6581 · Part of Heumen, Heumen

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

Malden-Oost is ageing: three in ten residents are 65 or older. The primary school is eight hundred metres away, so distance is not the issue — the 5.9 for families comes from the thin share of children and from the families with children living at home, both of which lag behind the national picture here.

The 6.0 for safety calls for precision. The total number of registrations is virtually at the national median and violence is uncommon, but burglary is at double the middle and theft well above it. That is a different kind of insecurity from what the score suggests at first glance.

Also striking is the combination on wealth: a property value above the Dutch middle alongside social assistance use that is two and a half times above it. Those two balance each other out at a 6.3.

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no. 8 of 16 in Heumen

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Is Malden-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malden-Oost comes out at 26 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

25.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

12.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 205 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.7 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 432,000

Welfare recipients

19.7 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

3,943 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,140

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.8 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Malden-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,943 — 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 Malden-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malden-Oost comes out at 26 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 Malden-Oost?

In Malden-Oost the police recorded 205 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Malden-Oost calculated?

Malden-Oost scores 7.6 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 Malden-Oost 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.