Benedenstad, Nijmegen
About 2,685 people live in Benedenstad, in 1,860 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 84% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well above the national rate: 126.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €334,000; 13% of homes are owner-occupied and 53% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 1.2 km away, a supermarket 0.3 km and a GP 0.5 km.
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Is Benedenstad a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 84% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 68% |
| Safety and nuisance | 1% |
| Social cohesion | 2% |
| Amenities | 96% |
| Housing stock | 27% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Benedenstad safe?
| All registered crime | 126.3 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 1.1 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 6.3 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 39.1 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | €334,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 13% / 87% |
| Apartments | 77% |
| Households with children | 11% |
| Single-person households | 67% |
| Age 65+ | 23% |
| Average income per resident | €32,000 |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.3 km |
| GP | 0.5 km |
| Primary school | 0.5 km |
| Secondary school | 0.7 km |
| Train station | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | 3.4 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Nijmegen
Stadscentrum · Bottendaal · Galgenveld · Altrade · Hunnerberg · Hengstdal · Kwakkenberg · Groenewoud · Ooyse Schependom · Biezen · Wolfskuil · Hees
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU02680100. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.