neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Donken

2,150 residents · postal code 3206 · Part of De Akkers, Nissewaard

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The nearest railway station is more than eighteen kilometres from Donken, and yet the amenities pillar still reaches 6.8. That is because the station determines only a sixth of the pillar, while supermarket, GP and restaurant are all three within eight hundred metres here.

The wealth & income pillar is the sharpest of the five. Property value stays more than forty percent below the national median, high incomes are a third less common than nationally, the share in the lowest larger, and the social assistance rate is more than six times the Dutch one.

The safety score is driven mainly by violence, recorded here more than three times as often as nationally and on its own determining almost a third of the pillar. Property crime, by contrast, barely differs from the median.

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no. 66 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Donken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Donken comes out at 34 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

34.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

9.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 94 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

18.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

3.6 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

€ 254,000

Welfare recipients

51.2 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

Built after 2000

12%

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

9,096 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,683

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

42%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Donken has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,096 — 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 Donken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Donken comes out at 34 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 Donken?

In Donken the police recorded 94 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Donken calculated?

Donken scores 3.3 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 Donken 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.