neighbourhood in Nijmegen
Heijendaal
2,415 residents · postal code 6525 · Part of Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen
- no. 11,706 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 32 of 40 in Nijmegen
Scores per pillar
Heijendaal in Nijmegen tilts hard in one direction: 75 per cent of households are single-person, only 6 per cent have children, and barely 4 per cent of residents are under fifteen. This is student territory through and through, mostly rented, with a low home value of €272,000. The station is 800 metres off, but safety is grim: a 3.0, with almost 79 crimes per 1,000 people present.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Heijendaal calculated?
Heijendaal scores 3.3 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Heijendaal a safe neighbourhood?
Heijendaal scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (78.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.