neighbourhood in Maastricht

De Heeg

5,860 residents · postal code 6228 · Part of Buitenwijk Zuidoost, Maastricht

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Not a single home in De Heeg was built after 2000. That is remarkable for a Maastricht neighbourhood of this size, and it is connected to the 3.4 for wealth & income: property value is far below the national middle, and that is by far the heaviest component of that pillar. Social assistance use of a good three times the Dutch line does the rest, and the top income group lags behind too.

The safety score is middling at a 5.9 while the total number of registrations stays below the national average. That is down to residential burglary, which here reaches a good double the Dutch line, while violence and property crime are actually below it. So the registrations here are more often about homes than about street violence. Amenities meanwhile is the bright spot, with supermarket, GP and restaurant all within a kilometre.

no. 10,115 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is De Heeg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Heeg comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

21.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

7.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 151 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 266,000

Welfare recipients

27.3 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

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

4,146 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,613

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

0.7 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Heeg has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,146 — 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 De Heeg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Heeg comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De Heeg?

In De Heeg the police recorded 151 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 De Heeg calculated?

De Heeg scores 4.2 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 De Heeg 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.