neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Aldenhof

2,495 residents · postal code 6537 · Part of Dukenburg, Nijmegen

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Aldenhof shows that safety and prosperity stand apart. The neighbourhood records less than is usual nationally on each of the four offence types and is left with an 8.5 for it, while the wealth & income pillar stops at 3.1: eight per cent of households have a high income, more than half a low one, and the social assistance rate is eight times above the Dutch middle.

The 5.7 for amenities carries the most practical meaning. Supermarket and GP are both more than a kilometre away, and those are precisely the two heaviest-weighted components in that pillar. The greenery around it is above the national middle, which keeps the quiet & nature score up at a density that is not low.

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no. 16 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Aldenhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aldenhof comes out at 23 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

22.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 65 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

3.3 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 283,000

Welfare recipients

64.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

61%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

66%

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

5,386 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,858

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.5 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Aldenhof has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,386 — 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 Aldenhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aldenhof comes out at 23 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 Aldenhof?

In Aldenhof the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Aldenhof calculated?

Aldenhof scores 5.7 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 Aldenhof 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.