neighbourhood in Nijkerk
Doornsteeg
2,250 residents · postal code 3861 · Part of Nijkerk-stad, Nijkerk
Safe, but not spacious
Doornsteeg was built almost entirely after the turn of the century, and it shows in the population: nearly six in ten households have children, a quarter of residents are under fifteen and fewer than a tenth are over 65. Such an age structure is rare in the Netherlands.
The amenities have not followed the new building. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are all three more than a kilometre and a half away, and the primary school fourteen hundred metres. That explains the 5.7 for amenities, and it also holds down the families pillar: it stands at an 8.2 and would be higher if the school were nearer, since school distance is its heaviest component.
The 3.9 for quiet & nature stands out at a density that is not extreme. Greenery within three hundred metres is above the median, but the tree canopy is thin and there is no water — in a district of this age the trees have not yet had time.
- no. 1,074 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 32 in Nijkerk
How Doornsteeg scores
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Is Doornsteeg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Doornsteeg comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Doornsteeg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 19 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
Doornsteeg has strikingly many children under 15: 25%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1525%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
56% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,893 — 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 Doornsteeg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Doornsteeg comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Doornsteeg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Doornsteeg?
In Doornsteeg the police recorded 19 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Doornsteeg calculated?
Doornsteeg scores 9.4 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 Doornsteeg 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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