neighbourhood in Nijmegen

Wolfskuil

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

Bottom 30% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The 2.7 for quiet & nature is the lowest figure of Wolfskuil, and remarkably enough all components of that pillar point the same way: considerably less greenery in the surroundings than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, a tree canopy below the median, a noise level above it and a high resident density. Crime plays no part in that figure — it sits in another pillar.

And there the picture is one-sided. Violence and burglary lie in Wolfskuil below the national middle, while vandalism and theft come out clearly above it; so the safety pillar is carried here by offences against property, not against people. The family figure of 7.7 has to be read separately from that: the primary school is round the corner, and that distance weighs more heavily in that pillar than the share of children — which in Wolfskuil is actually low.

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no. 23 of 40 in Nijmegen

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Is Wolfskuil a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wolfskuil comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

28.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

14.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 237 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 378,000

Welfare recipients

54.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

Built after 2000

19%

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

8,153 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,830

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.4 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wolfskuil has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,153 — 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 Wolfskuil a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wolfskuil comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Wolfskuil?

In Wolfskuil the police recorded 237 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Wolfskuil calculated?

Wolfskuil scores 4.7 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 Wolfskuil 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.