neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Malvert

2,430 residents · postal code 6538 · Part of Dukenburg, Nijmegen

Bottom 32% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The 2.8 for wealth & income in Malvert is not a composition effect but a consistent picture: property value far below the national median, the share of high incomes roughly halved against the national figure, low incomes well above it, social assistance claimed almost six times as often, and more vacancy than usual too. Every component points the same way.

Against that stands a 7.5 for quiet & nature that is striking in a city neighbourhood. Tree canopy in a three-hundred-metre radius is more than double the national median, there is more water than usual, and residents per square kilometre are moderate for a post-war city district.

Reported offences land almost exactly on the national middle. Crime, then, is not the story of this neighbourhood; household finances are.

no. 8,893 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 21 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Malvert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malvert comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

24.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

9.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 70 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 268,000

Welfare recipients

45.3 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

Built after 2000

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

4,860 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,461

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

28%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

3.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Malvert has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,860 — 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 Malvert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malvert comes out at 24 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 Malvert?

In Malvert the police recorded 70 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Malvert calculated?

Malvert scores 4.9 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 Malvert 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.