neighbourhood in Maastricht

Heer

7,270 residents · postal code 6227 · Part of Buitenwijk Zuidoost, Maastricht

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Burglary occurs twice as often in Heer as in the rest of the country, while violence stays below. That is where the 5.1 for safety comes from, with a total number of offences that only just exceeds the Dutch midpoint: what goes wrong here hits property rather than people.

The greatest tension lies between two other pillars. Amenities achieve a 9.3, with station, GP, supermarket and restaurant all around the corner, while wealth gets stuck at a 3.4. The property value drops far below the national median, the social assistance rate climbs to more than three times the average, and at both ends of the income distribution the picture points the same way: thin at the top, broad at the bottom. Almost half of households consist of one person.

no. 8,310 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Heer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heer comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

26.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

10.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 244 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

0.7 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 292,000

Welfare recipients

24.8 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

66%

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

3,406 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,165

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.6 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,406 — 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 Heer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heer comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Heer?

In Heer the police recorded 244 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Heer calculated?

Heer scores 5.2 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 Heer 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.