neighbourhood in Maasgouw

Wessem

2,015 residents · postal code 6019 · Part of Wessem, Maasgouw

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Almost half the surface of Wessem is water, which is exceptional for a Dutch neighbourhood — the national median comes nowhere near. It is the main reason quiet & nature lands on a 7.1 here while the greenery within three hundred metres stays below the national middle.

The other side is accessibility. Supermarket and GP are a good three kilometres away, the station almost ten. That pushes amenities down to a 4.6 and makes this a place where living without a car is a real limitation, not a theoretical one.

The families score of 5.3 cannot be blamed on distance: the primary school is six hundred metres away. It is about who lives here. Nearly three in ten residents are over 65 and the share of children lies below the national middle — an ageing village where education is close but pupils are thin on the ground. Wealth & income lags at a 4.5, chiefly on property value, which is well below the national median.

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Is Wessem a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wessem comes out at 22 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

22.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 56 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

3.2 km

GP practice

2.9 km

Train station

9.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

3.7 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

€ 319,000

Welfare recipients

9.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

81%

Social housing

13%

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

724 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

48%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

323

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

30%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

7.6 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wessem has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
724 — 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 Wessem a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wessem comes out at 22 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 Wessem?

In Wessem the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Wessem calculated?

Wessem scores 4.4 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 Wessem 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.