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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.

Large supermarket
0.3 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
1.2 km
Hospital
3.4 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.1 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
77.9
Violent crimes
3.5
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 346,000
Owner-occupied
14%
Single-family homes
23%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
€ 34,000

Who lives here

0–15 5%15–25 16%25–45 30%45–65 26%65+ 23%
Average household size
1.4
Households with children
11%
Single-person households
67%
Residents per km²
8,788

Nearby neighbourhoods

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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.