neighbourhood in Nijmegen

De Kamp

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

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Everything in De Kamp is within walking distance: the supermarket, the GP and a restaurant are around the corner, and the amenities therefore come out at 8.0. Wealth lags far behind with a 3.8, and that comes from two sides at once. The houses are worth less there than in most of the country, and the number of residents on social assistance is a multiple of the national figure. Vacancy in fact plays no role; less stands empty in this Nijmegen neighbourhood than is usual.

The 4.2 for safety cannot be traced back to one type of offence. Violence, theft and vandalism are registered more often here than nationally, only burglary is not — so this is not a neighbourhood where one problem makes the figure.

Families get a 5.3 while the primary school is close by. That figure lies in the population: few children live there and more than a fifth of the residents are 65 or older.

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

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Is De Kamp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Kamp comes out at 33 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

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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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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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

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

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

4,729 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

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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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
2.1 — smaller 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
4,729 — 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 De Kamp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Kamp comes out at 33 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 De Kamp?

In De Kamp the police recorded 231 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 De Kamp calculated?

De Kamp scores 3.9 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 De Kamp 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.