district in Rheden
Velp
Velp has 5 neighbourhoods with 18,455 residents in total.
Velp adjoins Arnhem at the foot of the Veluwezoom, five neighbourhoods and just over 18,000 residents on either side of the railway. Amenities stand out at 9.0, while safety sits right on the national median at 6.3. Wealth and income (5.1) and quiet and nature (5.7) lag behind: close to the woods, but solidly built up itself. The overall comes to 7.0. A commuter town against the wooded edge of the Veluwezoom, with the city around the corner.
no. 2 of the 3 districts of Rheden
Short answer: Velp scores 7.0 as a district of Rheden, no. 2 of the 3 districts of Rheden. Its strongest neighbourhood is Velp-Noord boven spoorlijn (9.3), the worst Velp-Zuid ten zuiden van Waterstraat (4.9). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 18,455 residents in total.
Key figures for Velp
- residents
- 18,455
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 10.7
How Velp scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 669 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
The age profile of Velp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,921 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Velp, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Velp
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Velp.
Neighbourhoods in Velp
Sorted by total grade