neighbourhood in Maastricht

Heugem

4,300 residents · postal code 6229 · Part of Buitenwijk Zuidoost, Maastricht

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

More than four in ten square metres of Heugem is water, and that lifts the quiet & nature pillar to a 7.7 in a district that sits right against the city. The noise level, too, stays below the national median.

The families figure of 4.1 does not come from distance here: the primary school is within walking distance. It comes from who lives here. More than half of households consist of one person and the share of children is far below the national level — this pillar measures that as well, and here it dominates.

Safety turns on one type. Criminal damage is more than twice above the national median while violence stays clearly below it. That is damage to property, not the threat the word unsafe suggests, and it is a difference a reader cannot see from the pillar figure alone.

no. 10,147 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Heugem a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heugem comes out at 30 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

29.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

9.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 156 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

3.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 294,000

Welfare recipients

27.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

57%

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

2,783 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

42%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,576

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.3 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

0.8 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

3.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Heugem has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,783 — 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 Heugem a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heugem comes out at 30 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 Heugem?

In Heugem the police recorded 156 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Heugem calculated?

Heugem 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 Heugem 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.