neighbourhood in Maastricht

Biesland

1,970 residents · postal code 6213 · Part of Buitenwijk Zuidwest, Maastricht

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, except school and childcare

More than half the households in Biesland consist of one person, and that is where the explanation for the low families score begins. Both components that weigh heavily in it point the same way — the primary school is more than a kilometre away, and the share of households with children is small. A 3.7, against four pillars that sit around or above the middle.

The safety score deserves a caveat the number itself does not give. The total of reported offences is below the national median, but burglary stands out: more than three times as often as nationally, and after violence that is the heaviest component of the pillar. Violence, by contrast, is below the middle here. For a resident that means something concrete: the risk is at the front door, not on the street.

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no. 12 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Biesland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Biesland 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 figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

21.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.0 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 55 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 421,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

49%

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

3,537 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,451

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

1.4 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Biesland has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 24%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2524%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,537 — far 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 Biesland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Biesland 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 Biesland?

In Biesland the police recorded 55 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 Biesland calculated?

Biesland scores 6.2 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 Biesland 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.