neighbourhood in Heumen

Malden-West

3,420 residents · postal code 6581 · Part of Heumen, Heumen

Top 35% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Malden-West is a neighbourhood without outliers: no pillar drops below 5.4 and none climbs above 7.6. There are few such places — most buy a strong figure with a weak spot somewhere else.

The wealth & income pillar is internally divided, though. Property values sit on the Dutch median and the share of high incomes slightly above it, but the social assistance rate is three times the national middle. There is no even picture here, even if the 5.4 looks like the middle of the pack.

The quiet & nature score of 7.2 comes mainly from water: almost eight per cent of the surface is water, against half a per cent nationally. Greenery and noise are close to the Dutch middle here, so they do not explain the favourable figure.

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no. 9 of 16 in Heumen

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Is Malden-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malden-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.

Total crime

18.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

7.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 80 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

5.4 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 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

€ 425,000

Welfare recipients

23.4 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

60%

Built after 2000

22%

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

2,946 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,066

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

0.6 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Malden-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,946 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malden-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Malden-West?

In Malden-West the police recorded 80 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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-West calculated?

Malden-West scores 7.4 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-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.