neighbourhood in Maastricht

Malberg

5,355 residents · postal code 6218 · Part of Buitenwijk West, Maastricht

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Malberg deviates from the usual urban pattern: theft occurs less often there than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, while the total crime rate is well above it. What stands out is vandalism, at more than twice the national median, with violence and burglary slightly above it. So the 4.0 for safety comes not from what disappears but from what gets broken.

The wealth figure leaves no room for nuance. More than half of the households are in the bottom income group, the top one is not even half as large as nationally, the property value lags far behind and the social assistance rate is a multiple of the Dutch level.

Yet in the measurements this is not a restless neighbourhood. The noise level is more than four decibels below the national median and greenery and trees are just above it, which together produces a 6.7 for quiet & nature.

no. 10,063 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Malberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malberg 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

33.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 211 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

5.1 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

4.5 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

€ 257,000

Welfare recipients

48.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

62%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

23%

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

4,110 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,720

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

0.5 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Malberg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,110 — 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 Malberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malberg 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 Malberg?

In Malberg the police recorded 211 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 Malberg calculated?

Malberg 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 Malberg 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.