neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Oosterhout

6,310 residents · postal code 6515 · Part of Nijmegen-Noord, Nijmegen

Top 6% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and comfortable across the board

A 9.6 is almost the maximum, and in Oosterhout that figure comes from four strong pillars and one weak one: the amenities. Shop, GP, school and restaurant all lie a bit further away there than in the average urban neighbourhood, and that is what an expansion neighbourhood on the edge of Nijmegen costs. The family figure does hold up there with a 8.2, because the share of households with children is so large that it amply compensates for that school distance.

That share is at once the most striking thing about Oosterhout: almost six in ten households have children and barely one in fifteen residents is 65 or older. Burglary, theft and vandalism occur clearly less often there than nationally and violence lies on the middle, so that the 8.5 for safety rests above all on what does not happen. Only the tree canopy stays below the national level — trees grow more slowly than houses.

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Is Oosterhout a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oosterhout comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oosterhout is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

16.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 132 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 518,000

Welfare recipients

12.7 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

78%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

Built after 2000

99%

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

2,541 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

19%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,087

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

1.2 km

Households with children

59%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

24%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oosterhout has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 6%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1524%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
59% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,541 — around the 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 Oosterhout a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Oosterhout?

In Oosterhout the police recorded 132 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Oosterhout calculated?

Oosterhout scores 9.6 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 Oosterhout 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.