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De Kamp

5,335 residents · postal code 6545 · Part of Lindenholt, Nijmegen

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

De Kamp, in Nijmegen's Lindenholt, stays below the middle on wealth (3.8), safety (4.2) and overall (3.9). Amenities (8.0) and space (5.3) are the exceptions. Seventy percent of homes are single-family and 58 percent owner-occupied, at a modest €316,000. With 33 crimes per thousand residents, crime runs above the median. Nearly four in ten households are single-person, and income is low at €30,000 per resident.

  • no. 10,651 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 29 of 40 in Nijmegen

How De Kamp scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
33.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
13.1 per 1,000
Vandalism
4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 231 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.6 km
GP practice
0.6 km
Train station
1.6 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Hospital
4.8 km
Café
3.2 km
Library
2.1 km
Motorway ramp
2.0 km

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

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
€ 316,000
Welfare recipients
48.7 per 1,000
High incomes
14%
Low incomes
43%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
58%
Social housing
35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
70%
Built after 2000
8%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,729 inw/km²
Noise level
57 dB
Green surroundings
46%
Trees nearby
12%
Water share
5%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,191
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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.9 km
Households with children
31%
Childcare
0.9 km
Secondary school
1.4 km
Residents under 15
13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of De Kamp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1513%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2512%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4527%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6526%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+22%

    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

    2.1smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    38%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    31%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,729far 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

How is the grade for De Kamp calculated?

De Kamp scores 3.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where De Kamp lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is De Kamp a safe neighbourhood?

De Kamp scores 4.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (33.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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