neighbourhood in Nijmegen
Weezenhof
3,545 residents · postal code 6536 · Part of Dukenburg, Nijmegen
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Weezenhof is green and quiet in the measurements: in the three-hundred-metre radius around the buildings, greenery and tree canopy are above the national middle, the noise level below it, and there is more open water than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. Together that yields an 8.2 for quiet & nature, unusually high for a place with this building density.
That greenery is not new. Not a single home here was built after 2000, and three in ten residents are 65 or older — the trees have had time. That same age structure explains why the families pillar stalls at 6.4 while the primary school is around the corner: the share of children stays below the national middle.
Crime here consists mostly of property offences, and those in particular are below the median. The GP is the weak spot in accessibility: further away than is usual nationally.
- no. 3,189 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 40 in Nijmegen
How Weezenhof scores
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Is Weezenhof a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Weezenhof comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 92 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
Weezenhof has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,254 — 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 Weezenhof a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Weezenhof comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Weezenhof?
In Weezenhof the police recorded 92 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Weezenhof calculated?
Weezenhof scores 8.2 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 Weezenhof 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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