neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Brakkenstein

4,025 residents · postal code 6525 · Part of Nijmegen-Zuid, Nijmegen

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Nearly three thousand residents per square kilometre, and still an 8.0 for quiet & nature — Brakkenstein offsets its density with greenery. The tree canopy here covers almost four times the national share, and that measurement carries a fifth of the pillar.

The families score of 6.6 disappoints by comparison, and not because of distance: the primary school is six hundred metres away. It comes from who lives here. Almost half of households consist of a single person, which keeps the share of children limited. The 6.6 for safety comes from one direction: violence here is well below the national median, property crime above it. It is about possessions, and that fits an area where the property value is above the national median while the benefit rate is more than twice it.

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no. 2 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Brakkenstein a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Brakkenstein comes out at 27 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

27.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

11.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 143 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

3.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 474,000

Welfare recipients

19.9 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

12%

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

2,756 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

72%

Trees nearby

33%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,193

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Brakkenstein has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,756 — 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 Brakkenstein a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Brakkenstein comes out at 27 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 Brakkenstein?

In Brakkenstein the police recorded 143 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Brakkenstein calculated?

Brakkenstein scores 9.0 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 Brakkenstein 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.