neighbourhood in Maastricht

Limmel

2,670 residents · postal code 6222 · Part of Buitenwijk Oost, Maastricht

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Almost two thirds of households in Limmel fall into the lowest income group, against just over a third nationally, and the top group is a third as broad as is usual in the Netherlands. Together with a property value far below the median and a social assistance rate almost four times the national one, that produces a 2.9 for wealth & income — the figure that sets the overall score for this part of Maastricht.

The safety pillar of 4.3 is less clear-cut: violence here is at more than double the national middle and property crime and criminal damage are above it too, but burglaries are below. On quiet & nature it is noise that weighs most: it is well above the Dutch median here, while density, at just over two thousand residents per square kilometre, is low. Two thirds of households consist of one person.

no. 12,002 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 33 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Limmel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Limmel comes out at 34 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

34.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 109 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

1.1 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

3.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 270,000

Welfare recipients

30.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

62%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

50%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

18%

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

2,182 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,112

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

18%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Limmel has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 31%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2531%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,182 — around the 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 Limmel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Limmel comes out at 34 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 Limmel?

In Limmel the police recorded 109 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Limmel calculated?

Limmel scores 3.1 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 Limmel 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.