neighbourhood in Gulpen-Wittem

Partij-Wittem

775 residents · postal code 6286 · Part of Wittem, Gulpen-Wittem

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

The most striking figure in Partij-Wittem is the 3.0 for families, and the cause is not hard to find: the primary school is almost three kilometres away. That is the most heavily weighted distance in the pillar, and the two other distances inside it, childcare and secondary education, cannot be checked here. What is certain is that a school day starts with a drive.

The safety picture is more favourable than the total number of reported offences suggests. All four measured types are below the national middle, while that total lands roughly on it. The offences that make up the figure are therefore not the ones driving the count, and that is where the 8.6 comes from.

On quiet the picture is mixed. The surroundings are green and thinly populated, but measured noise is above the national median. Hence a 6.3 rather than the high figure the greenery alone would produce.

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Is Partij-Wittem a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Partij-Wittem comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

23.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 21 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

2.4 km

GP practice

1.9 km

Train station

6.9 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

9.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 361,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

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

828 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

68%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

144

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.9 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

2.9 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

1.9 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Partij-Wittem looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
828 — 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 Partij-Wittem a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Partij-Wittem comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Partij-Wittem?

In Partij-Wittem the police recorded 21 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Partij-Wittem calculated?

Partij-Wittem scores 4.6 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 Partij-Wittem 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.