neighbourhood in Maastricht
Binnenstad
2,325 residents · postal code 6211 · Part of Centrum, Maastricht
Everything close by, safety lags
The number of recorded offences in Binnenstad runs at over eight times the national median, and theft alone at more than fourteen times. Violence too is far above it. These are registrations divided by the resident count, and that count is small for an area where so much happens; the figure therefore says more about what takes place in the centre than about who sleeps there.
Those who do sleep here are almost always alone: more than four in five households consist of one person, and two per cent of all households have children. That is among the lowest shares found anywhere in the Netherlands.
The 3.6 for wealth & income is not only about earnings. Nearly a quarter of the property stands empty, six times the national figure, and that is a substantial component of the pillar.
- no. 11,120 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 40 in Maastricht
How Binnenstad scores
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Is Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad comes out at 198 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 1,076 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Binnenstad has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 53%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–152%
NL median 14%
- 15–2553%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–658%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
1.2 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
81% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
2% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,445 — 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 Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad comes out at 198 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad 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 Binnenstad?
In Binnenstad the police recorded 1,076 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (198 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 Binnenstad calculated?
Binnenstad scores 3.6 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 Binnenstad 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.
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