neighbourhood in Nijmegen
Benedenstad
2,685 residents · postal code 6511 · Part of Nijmegen-Centrum, Nijmegen
- no. 10,884 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 27 of 40 in Nijmegen
Scores per pillar
Benedenstad, the oldest part of Nijmegen, combines a 9.9 for amenities with a restaurant roughly a hundred metres from the average front door. Safety is the weak point at 2.9, and crime runs at 77.9 per 1,000 people present against a national median of 24.1 — more than three times as high. Only 14 percent of homes are owner-occupied, and 67 percent of households consist of a single person. Children are scarce: under 5 percent of residents are younger than 16.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Benedenstad calculated?
Benedenstad scores 3.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Benedenstad a safe neighbourhood?
Benedenstad scores 2.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (77.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.