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Hengstdal

6,970 residents · postal code 6523 · Part of Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen

  • no. 8,930 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 19 of 40 in Nijmegen

Scores per pillar

Nearly six in ten households in Hengstdal live alone, and with 36 percent ownership, renting dominates — an urban district in eastern Nijmegen. Amenities score 9.1, but nature (2.9) and safety (3.9) lag, with 29 offences per thousand just above the middle. At 425,000 euro home values sit almost exactly on the national median. The total comes to 4.9.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.6 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.9 km
Hospital
2.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
2.0 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
29.1
Violent crimes
1.5
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 425,000
Owner-occupied
36%
Single-family homes
52%
Built after 2000
16%
Income per resident
€ 34,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 13%25–45 24%45–65 27%65+ 25%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
19%
Single-person households
58%
Residents per km²
7,794

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Hengstdal calculated?

Hengstdal scores 4.9 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 Hengstdal a safe neighbourhood?

Hengstdal scores 3.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (29.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.