neighbourhood in Landgraaf

Waubach

2,915 residents · postal code 6374 · Part of Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Almost four in ten residents of Waubach have passed sixty-five, and the noise level here is a good thirteen decibels below the national median. Those two things are unrelated, but together they sketch a place that is quiet and old — with a 6.3 for quiet & nature as the result, despite greenery that stays below the national level.

The crime picture departs from the usual urban pattern. Property offences are below the national median and burglary exactly on it, but criminal damage comes to more than double and violence is above. What happens here targets objects and streets more often than a passer-by's pocket.

Wealth & income sticks at a 2.9. Property values sit at barely more than half the national median, higher incomes are scarce and the social assistance rate is a multiple of the national one; only vacancy is exactly at the national level.

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Is Waubach a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waubach comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

25.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 87 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

6.7 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 239,000

Welfare recipients

30.9 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

Built after 2000

12%

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

1,308 inw/km²

Noise level

39 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,283

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

0.5 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Waubach has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+38%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,308 — 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 Waubach a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waubach comes out at 25 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 Waubach?

In Waubach the police recorded 87 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Waubach calculated?

Waubach scores 4.8 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 Waubach 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.