neighbourhood in Wijchen

Valendries

2,050 residents · postal code 6602 · Part of Wijchen kern, Wijchen

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

A 9.0 for families in a neighbourhood where three in ten residents are 65 or over: Valendries shows that this score is mainly about distance. School, childcare and secondary education together carry almost two thirds of that pillar, and the primary school here is four hundred metres away. There is no question of many children — the share under fifteen stays below the national median.

The 5.5 for safety comes from the nature of the reports, not from their number alone. Violence is below the national median, while property crime and vandalism are both above it: things go missing and get broken here. The 4.2 for wealth & income has one clear driver alongside property value — social assistance runs at many times the national level, while vacancy is low.

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no. 18 of 56 in Wijchen

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Is Valendries a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Valendries comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

28.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

8.1 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 404,000

Welfare recipients

48.8 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

50%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

11%

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

2,196 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,587

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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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

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Valendries has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,196 — around the 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 Valendries a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Valendries comes out at 29 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 Valendries?

In Valendries the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Valendries calculated?

Valendries 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 Valendries 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.