neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Meijhorst

3,410 residents · postal code 6537 · Part of Dukenburg, Nijmegen

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The social assistance rate in Meijhorst is more than thirteen times the national median — among the highest values found in Dutch neighbourhood figures. Property values sit at about sixty per cent of the Dutch middle and almost sixty per cent of all households have a low income. Only vacancy is entirely ordinary.

That the quiet & nature pillar simultaneously reaches 7.6 is no contradiction. That pillar measures density, noise, greenery, tree canopy and water, and Meijhorst has greenery and canopy well above the national middle and noise practically on it. Crime does not count in that pillar, and here that makes a large difference.

The safety figure is made mainly by violence and vandalism, both more than double the median. Burglary is barely above it.

no. 11,072 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 31 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Meijhorst a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meijhorst comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

35.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

11.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 155 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 260,000

Welfare recipients

102.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

58%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

22%

Social housing

75%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

41%

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

5,934 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,208

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.6 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Meijhorst looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,934 — 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 Meijhorst a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meijhorst comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Meijhorst?

In Meijhorst the police recorded 155 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Meijhorst calculated?

Meijhorst scores 3.6 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 Meijhorst 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.