neighbourhood in Eijsden-Margraten

Rijckholt

705 residents · postal code 6247 · Part of Gronsveld, Eijsden-Margraten

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

Seventeen per cent tree canopy, twice the national middle, three quarters greenery in the immediate surroundings and traffic noise far below the median: Rijckholt earns a 9.0 for quiet & nature, and here that is not a footnote but the main story.

The flip side sits in the families pillar, which stays at 3.6. The primary school is a good kilometre and a half away, and since distance to education and childcare determines the bulk of that figure, there is little to offset it. The restaurant being around the corner does not help; that counts in a different pillar.

Wealth & income comes out at 4.8 and that figure is divided. The top income group is slightly broader than nationally, but so is the bottom one, the property value stays below the median and the social assistance rate is nearly twice above it. There is no question here of an unambiguously wealthy or unambiguously hard-pressed neighbourhood.

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no. 20 of 33 in Eijsden-Margraten

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Is Rijckholt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijckholt comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Rijckholt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

16.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 8 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

2.2 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

4.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 346,000

Welfare recipients

14.2 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

Built after 2000

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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

1,139 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

75%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

265

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.1 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.

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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

1.7 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

1.3 km

Secondary school

5.3 km

Residents under 15

13%

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Who lives here

The age profile of Rijckholt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,139 — far less 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 Rijckholt a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Rijckholt?

In Rijckholt the police recorded 8 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Rijckholt calculated?

Rijckholt scores 5.8 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 Rijckholt 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.