neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Lent

15,975 residents · postal code 6663 · Part of Nijmegen-Noord, Nijmegen

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Lent reaches a 8.3, and that comes from two directions at once. The property value is well above the Dutch median, almost a third of households are in the highest income group and the bottom group is thinly represented — only the social assistance figure points the other way. On safety the same applies in mirror image: violence and vandalism are below the national middle, burglary on it, and only theft comes above. The crime picture here thus rests on property offences, while aggression is registered less than elsewhere in the country.

The weak spot is quiet, a 4.4. A quarter of the surface is water, but the greenery within three hundred metres stays below the Dutch level and the tree canopy does not reach a third of that. The shopping takes effort too: supermarket and GP are a good kilometre away, which keeps the amenities pillar at a 6.3.

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no. 5 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Lent a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lent comes out at 25 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.

Total crime

24.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 522 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.2 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 489,000

Welfare recipients

13.8 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

59%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

75%

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

2,947 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

Water share

25%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,315

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

23%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Lent has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1523%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,947 — 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 Lent a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lent comes out at 25 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 Lent?

In Lent the police recorded 522 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Lent calculated?

Lent scores 8.3 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 Lent 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.