neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Biezen

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

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

A good seventh of the surface of Biezen consists of water, many times more than is usual nationally. Yet quiet gets no further than a 3.7: the greenery in the surroundings covers only a third while nationally that is well over half, the tree canopy lags behind and almost ten thousand people live per square kilometre. Water alone does not make a neighbourhood quiet.

The safety pillar shows a pronounced profile. Violence here is below the national level and vandalism too, while theft occurs well over twice as often as usual and burglary is above it as well. That is the pattern of a place where possessions are the target and not the person, and it produces a 5.2. Wealth lags behind, mainly because of a social assistance density that is many times above the national number.

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no. 25 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Biezen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Biezen comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

35.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

21.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 480 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 370,000

Welfare recipients

51.8 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

50%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

38%

Built after 2000

40%

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

9,395 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,141

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.7 km

Households with children

19%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Biezen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,395 — 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 Biezen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Biezen comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Biezen?

In Biezen the police recorded 480 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Biezen calculated?

Biezen scores 4.6 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 Biezen 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.