neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Benedenstad

2,685 residents · postal code 6511 · Part of Nijmegen-Centrum, Nijmegen

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The crime figure for Benedenstad is more than three times the Dutch median, and by far the largest part of it is property crime — that component alone runs more than five times the national middle. But violence is above the median too, so this is not purely a story about things disappearing in a city centre.

The second striking measurement sits in the wealth & income pillar. Property value stays below the Dutch median and the social assistance rate is more than six times the national level, in a part of Nijmegen where two thirds of households consist of one person and hardly any children live. The 9.9 for amenities shows what stands against that: everything is within walking distance, with a restaurant a hundred metres away. Over a third of the surface is water.

no. 11,271 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 32 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Benedenstad a safe 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

77.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

48.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 339 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

0.1 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 346,000

Welfare recipients

52.1 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

14%

Social housing

53%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

23%

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

8,788 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

Water share

37%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,265

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

0.5 km

Households with children

11%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Benedenstad has strikingly few children under 15: 5%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–155%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
11% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,788 — 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 Benedenstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Benedenstad comes out at 78 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Benedenstad is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Benedenstad?

In Benedenstad the police recorded 339 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (78 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 Benedenstad calculated?

Benedenstad scores 3.5 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 Benedenstad 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.