neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Grootstal

5,510 residents · postal code 6533 · Part of Nijmegen-Zuid, Nijmegen

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The offence figure in Grootstal lies above the national middle, but the composition deserves attention: violence sits just below it, burglary exactly at the national level, and the whole difference comes from theft, which is registered well over one and a half times as often. That is a different kind of insecurity than the 5.0 for that pillar suggests at first sight.

Quiet comes out at a 5.9, and that is not down to the greenery. The tree canopy cover is more than double the national level and the share of greenery is above it too; what pulls the figure down is the resident density, and there is no surface water. With wealth the picture is harder: well over five of every hundred residents receive social assistance and almost half of households fall into the bottom income group, which with a low property value comes out at a 3.7.

no. 8,191 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 18 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Grootstal a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Grootstal 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

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

15.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 232 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 345,000

Welfare recipients

58.1 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

17%

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

5,333 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,235

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.5 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,333 — 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 Grootstal a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Grootstal 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 Grootstal?

In Grootstal the police recorded 232 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 Grootstal calculated?

Grootstal scores 5.3 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 Grootstal 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.