neighbourhood in Maastricht

Daalhof

6,370 residents · postal code 6215 · Part of Buitenwijk West, Maastricht

Bottom 20% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Daalhof has supermarket, GP and restaurant each half a kilometre away, and at the same time a 3.1 for wealth & income. Those two belong together less than you would think: the amenities figure measures only distance, and distance is cheap in a Maastricht suburb. The wealth pillar looks at the wallet, and there every component points the same way except vacancy — the property value stays far below the national one, top incomes are rare, the bottom income group is amply represented and social assistance is a multiple of the median.

The 4.7 for families does not come from the school, which is round the corner. It comes from who lives there: almost a third of the residents is 65 or older and barely a tenth younger than fifteen. In a quarter of the households children live, against the school at eight hundred metres: distance weighs heaviest in this pillar, but here it is the population make-up that keeps the figure low.

no. 10,550 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Daalhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Daalhof comes out at 26 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

25.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

8.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 188 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.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

4.9 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

5.3 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

€ 250,000

Welfare recipients

29.8 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

41%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

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

5,798 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,046

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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Daalhof has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,798 — 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 Daalhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Daalhof comes out at 26 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 Daalhof?

In Daalhof the police recorded 188 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Daalhof calculated?

Daalhof scores 3.9 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 Daalhof 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.