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Nije Veld

5,520 residents · postal code 6531 · Part of Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen

  • no. 10,880 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 26 of 40 in Nijmegen
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Scores per pillar

Six in ten households in Nije Veld, in Nijmegen, are single-person, and ownership, at a quarter, is in the minority. Amenities are within walking distance and score 9.4, but nature (2.9), social cohesion (3.3) and safety (3.7) stay low, with 35 crimes per thousand residents. Property values are modest at €350,000. It is young: barely 12 percent are over 65.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.5 km
Hospital
2.0 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.2 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
35.3
Violent crimes
2.1
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 350,000
Owner-occupied
25%
Single-family homes
53%
Built after 2000
29%
Income per resident
€ 29,000

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 19%25–45 32%45–65 25%65+ 12%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
21%
Single-person households
61%
Residents per km²
6,870

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Goffert

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2.7

Bottendaal

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5.3

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Nije Veld calculated?

Nije Veld scores 3.8 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 Nije Veld a safe neighbourhood?

Nije Veld scores 3.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (35.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.