neighbourhood in Nijmegen
Lankforst
2,045 residents · postal code 6538 · Part of Dukenburg, Nijmegen
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Lankforst is a neighbourhood with almost five thousand residents per square kilometre and yet an 8.1 for quiet & nature. That is unusual, and it comes from the tree canopy: more than a fifth of the surroundings stands under trees, over double the national median, alongside above-average green and water. Density here is not the same as stone.
The 2.9 for wealth & income leaves no room for nuance. Property value is far below the national median, high incomes are thinly spread, low incomes well represented, and social assistance runs at many times the national level; vacancy too is above the median. Among offences only burglary stays below the national median — violence, property crime and vandalism are all three slightly above it, which keeps the safety figure at 5.5.
- no. 9,021 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 40 in Nijmegen
How Lankforst scores
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Is Lankforst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lankforst comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 65 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Lankforst looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,610 — 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 Lankforst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lankforst comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Lankforst?
In Lankforst the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Lankforst calculated?
Lankforst scores 4.8 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 Lankforst 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.
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