neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Neerbosch-Oost

7,515 residents · postal code 6544 · Part of Nijmegen-Nieuw-West, Nijmegen

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

All four separately counted crime types lie above the national value in Neerbosch-Oost: violence, burglary, vandalism and above all theft, which is registered twice as often here. So there is no outlier that explains the 3.5 for safety on its own; the picture is unfavourable across the board.

The primary school is around the corner and yet this Nijmegen neighbourhood gets no further than a 6.0 for families. That sits in the population: almost six in ten households consist of one person, and fewer children live here than in the average Dutch neighbourhood. At the bottom is wealth with a 2.9, weighed down by a social assistance share of eight times the national one. That drags the overall score down with it, well into the lower reaches of the rankings.

no. 12,236 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Neerbosch-Oost a safe 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

37.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

18.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 359 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.4 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

€ 275,000

Welfare recipients

65.2 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

32%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

43%

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

4,997 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,168

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

22%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Neerbosch-Oost has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,997 — 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 Neerbosch-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Neerbosch-Oost comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Neerbosch-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Neerbosch-Oost?

In Neerbosch-Oost the police recorded 359 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Neerbosch-Oost calculated?

Neerbosch-Oost scores 3.0 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 Neerbosch-Oost 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.