neighbourhood in Nijmegen
Stadscentrum
10,275 residents · postal code 6511 · Part of Nijmegen-Centrum, Nijmegen
Everything close by, little space
Three per cent of households in the Stadscentrum of Nijmegen have children and almost eight in ten consist of one person. Yet the families pillar still produces a 5.0, because it largely measures distances — and the primary school is close by here. Anyone reading that figure as a sign that the city centre is arranged for children is reading it wrongly.
The offence figure is of a different order: about seven times the national median value, with theft as by far the largest item and violence at several times the usual level. At such values no explanation helps any more; the figure is simply many times above what is normal in a residential neighbourhood. That is where the 2.7 for safety comes from, and why the total remains stuck despite a 9.9 for amenities.
- no. 12,222 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 40 in Nijmegen
How Stadscentrum scores
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Is Stadscentrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Stadscentrum comes out at 166 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Stadscentrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 3,018 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Stadscentrum has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 36%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–152%
NL median 14%
- 15–2536%
NL median 11%
- 25–4547%
NL median 22%
- 45–659%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
79% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
3% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,530 — 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 Stadscentrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Stadscentrum comes out at 166 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Stadscentrum 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 Stadscentrum?
In Stadscentrum the police recorded 3,018 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (166 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 Stadscentrum calculated?
Stadscentrum 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 Stadscentrum 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.
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