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Wolfskuil

6,215 residents · postal code 6542 · Part of Nijmegen-Oud-West, Nijmegen

  • no. 8,277 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 16 of 40 in Nijmegen

Scores per pillar

Wolfskuil is an old working-class district in Nijmegen-Oud-West, seventy percent single-family homes but a low ownership rate of 41 percent. Amenities score high at 9.0, and safety holds up reasonably at 7.2. Nature, at 2.6, is the weak point, and the social score stalls at 3.7. Crime, at just over 28 offences per 1,000 residents, runs slightly above the national middle; the average home value is €378,000.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.4 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.5 km
Hospital
3.0 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
28.4
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 378,000
Owner-occupied
41%
Single-family homes
70%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident
€ 30,000

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 18%25–45 33%45–65 23%65+ 12%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
23%
Single-person households
56%
Residents per km²
8,153

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wolfskuil calculated?

Wolfskuil scores 5.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Wolfskuil a safe neighbourhood?

Wolfskuil scores 7.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (28.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.