neighbourhood in Landgraaf

Schaesberg Centrum

2,940 residents · postal code 6372 · Part of Schaesberg, Landgraaf

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Everything is close by and plenty happens: that is Schaesberg Centrum in one sentence. A 9.1 for amenities with the station a kilometre off and the rest within a few hundred metres, against a 2.9 for safety.

That low score is broadly based. Violence, burglary, property offences and criminal damage are all four above the national median, and the total number of reported offences comes to roughly double. So this is not the picture of a shopping street where goods disappear and little else is going on.

The quiet & nature pillar does better than you would expect of a centre, at 5.2: the tree canopy is well above the national level and greenery close to it. On wealth, property values sit at barely more than half the national median and vacancy exactly on the national level. Almost a third of residents have passed sixty-five.

no. 11,570 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 26 in Landgraaf

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Is Schaesberg Centrum a safe 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

47.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

22.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 196 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

5.1 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 239,000

Welfare recipients

23.8 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

60%

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

2,755 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,725

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Schaesberg Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,755 — 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is Schaesberg Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schaesberg Centrum comes out at 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schaesberg Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Schaesberg Centrum?

In Schaesberg Centrum the police recorded 196 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (48 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 Schaesberg Centrum calculated?

Schaesberg Centrum scores 3.4 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 Schaesberg Centrum 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.