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Hazenkamp

5,305 residents · postal code 6531 · Part of Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen

Top 16% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Eighty percent of homes in the Hazenkamp, in Nijmegen, are owner-occupied — high for an urban area. Wealth (8.3) and amenities (9.1) score high, and the overall mark reaches 6.3. Safety lags at 4.9, with nearly 34 crimes per thousand residents. Property values of €501,000 sit above the median. Income of €41,000 per resident sits above average, and 28 percent of households have children.

  • no. 2,028 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 3 of 40 in Nijmegen

How Hazenkamp 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
33.9 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.5 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.1 per 1,000
Property crime
18.7 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 250 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
0.5 km
GP practice
0.7 km
Train station
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
1.6 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.4 km
Motorway ramp
2.8 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
€ 501,000
Welfare recipients
7.5 per 1,000
High incomes
31%
Low incomes
30%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
80%
Social housing
6%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
69%
Built after 2000
2%

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
5,958 inw/km²
Noise level
51 dB
Green surroundings
48%
Trees nearby
13%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,714
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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.5 km
Households with children
28%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
0.6 km
Residents under 15
17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

  • 0–1517%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2513%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4525%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6523%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+21%

    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

    42%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    28%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    5,958far 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 Hazenkamp calculated?

Hazenkamp scores 8.8 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 Hazenkamp 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 Hazenkamp a safe neighbourhood?

Hazenkamp scores 4.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (33.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Nijmegen.

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