neighbourhood in Nijmegen

St. Anna

3,555 residents · postal code 6533 · Part of Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen

Top 44% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

St. Anna lands at 6.7 while the safety pillar stops at 4.8, and the breakdown shows why that is not a contradiction. Violence, burglary and vandalism all sit at or below the national median here; it is theft alone, at more than double the Dutch middle, that pulls the score down. This is a place where things go missing, not one where you would rather stay indoors after dark.

Wealth & income gives a mixed picture. Property value and vacancy are practically on the median and higher incomes are better represented than nationally, but the social assistance rate is a multiple of the Dutch middle. That gap within one pillar is the sharpest thing here.

The 4.0 for quiet & nature goes with traffic noise far above the median, despite a tree canopy well above it.

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no. 10 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is St. Anna a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, St. Anna comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: St.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

36.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

22.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 187 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.9 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

€ 415,000

Welfare recipients

22.5 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

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

6,161 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,236

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

0.5 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

St. Anna has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,161 — 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 St. Anna a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, St. Anna comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: St. Anna 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 St. Anna?

In St. Anna the police recorded 187 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 St. Anna calculated?

St. Anna scores 6.7 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 St. Anna 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.