neighbourhood in Nijmegen
Meijhorst
3,410 residents · postal code 6537 · Part of Dukenburg, Nijmegen
- no. 12,880 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 40 of 40 in Nijmegen
Scores per pillar
Meijhorst, in Nijmegen's Dukenburg, ranks among the country's lowest-scoring districts, with an overall mark of 2.6. Income is low at €23,000 per resident, property values sit at €260,000, and barely one in five homes is owner-occupied. Almost half of all households are single-person. Only amenities hold up, at 7.4; social cohesion and housing sink to 2.6 and 2.8, and safety reaches just 3.6.
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 Meijhorst calculated?
Meijhorst scores 2.6 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 Meijhorst a safe neighbourhood?
Meijhorst scores 3.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (35.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.