neighbourhood in Nijmegen

't Broek

3,590 residents · postal code 6546 · Part of Lindenholt, Nijmegen

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

't Broek scores 8.5 for families, which is striking, because the primary school is eight hundred metres away rather than around the corner. The explanation lies in the share of households with children, which at nearly four in ten is well above the national middle.

On safety one type is decisive. Total reported offences sit practically on the national median and theft is actually below it, but violence comes out at almost double the Dutch middle — and violence is the heaviest component in this pillar. Hence a 4.5 behind a total that looks average.

Anyone here without a car notices the GP most: more than a kilometre and a half away, while supermarket, restaurant and station are all closer.

no. 8,199 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is 't Broek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Broek comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

24.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

8.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 113 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.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

5.4 km

Café

3.6 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 343,000

Welfare recipients

27.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

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

4,249 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,360

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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of 't Broek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,249 — 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 't Broek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Broek comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in 't Broek?

In 't Broek the police recorded 113 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 't Broek calculated?

't Broek scores 5.3 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 't Broek 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.