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Belfort

2,555 residents · postal code 6216 · Part of Buitenwijk West, Maastricht

  • no. 8,180 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 13 of 40 in Maastricht
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Scores per pillar

Belfort is a post-war neighbourhood in the west of Maastricht where amenities (8.5) and safety (7.5) do the pulling. The housing score lags at 3.8, partly reflecting property of 283,000 euro, far below the national middle. With more than 26 crimes per 1,000 people present, crime sits just above the median. More than three-quarters of homes are owned, nearly half of households are single-person and a quarter of residents are over 65.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
4.2 km
Hospital
1.3 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
1.3 km
Library
1.5 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
26.4
Violent crimes
1.1
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 283,000
Owner-occupied
77%
Single-family homes
55%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 15%25–45 27%45–65 21%65+ 26%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
19%
Single-person households
48%
Residents per km²
5,237

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Brusselsepoort

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2.5

Campagne

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7.2

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Belfort calculated?

Belfort scores 5.3 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Belfort a safe neighbourhood?

Belfort scores 7.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.