neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Hatertse Hei

4,145 residents · postal code 6533 · Part of Nijmegen-Zuid, Nijmegen

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

In Hatertse Hei only a quarter of households have children, and yet the families pillar scores a 7.7. That is because nearly two thirds of the pillar is about distance, and the primary school here is five hundred metres away. So the score says more about location than about who lives there.

Safety is the weak point at a 3.7. Property crime runs one and a half times above the national median and violence well above it; only vandalism stays below.

Wealth & income, a 4.7, is not driven by incomes — the share of higher incomes is even slightly above the median. It is property value and above all social assistance, at five times the Dutch middle, that set the score. Vacancy, by contrast, is minimal.

no. 7,544 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Hatertse Hei a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hatertse Hei comes out at 30 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

29.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

13.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 162 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

0.5 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 386,000

Welfare recipients

41.0 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

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

6,969 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,294

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

24%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hatertse Hei has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,969 — 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 Hatertse Hei a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hatertse Hei comes out at 30 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 Hatertse Hei?

In Hatertse Hei the police recorded 162 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Hatertse Hei calculated?

Hatertse Hei scores 5.7 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 Hatertse Hei 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.