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neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Biezen

9,845 residents · postal code 6541 · Part of Nijmegen-Oud-West, Nijmegen

  • no. 8,432 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 17 of 40 in Nijmegen

Scores per pillar

De Biezen, west of Nijmegen's centre, is a mixed district in flux: 40 per cent of its homes were built after 2000, unusually many for so old a city edge. Amenities reach 9.0, and both safety (5.3) and the overall grade (5.2) sit near the national middle. Nearly six in ten households are single-person and ownership stays at 31 per cent. The average home is worth 370,000 euro.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
3.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
0.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
35.8
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 370,000
Owner-occupied
31%
Single-family homes
38%
Built after 2000
40%
Income per resident
€ 34,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 14%25–45 37%45–65 22%65+ 16%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
19%
Single-person households
58%
Residents per km²
9,395

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Biezen calculated?

Biezen scores 5.2 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 Biezen a safe neighbourhood?

Biezen scores 5.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (35.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.