neighbourhood in Maastricht

Malpertuis

2,185 residents · postal code 6217 · Part of Buitenwijk West, Maastricht

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Malpertuis violence sits at almost three times the national median, and yet the safety pillar comes out at 5.9. The explanation lies with the other three categories: burglary hardly occurs here and theft is below the Dutch middle. The score averages away what weighs most heavily for residents.

The wealth & income pillar leaves no room for nuance. Almost nine in a hundred residents receive social assistance, the property value is around half the national middle, and nearly two thirds of households fall into the lowest income group against a good third nationally. Every component points the same way; that is the 2.5.

Meanwhile the tree canopy here is almost twice the national level. Greenery is not this neighbourhood's problem.

no. 11,108 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 27 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Malpertuis a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malpertuis 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

29.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 74 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

4.2 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

0.7 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.4 km

Motorway ramp

3.6 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

€ 224,000

Welfare recipients

87.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

63%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

15%

Social housing

82%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

42%

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

5,560 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,494

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

0.8 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Malpertuis looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,560 — 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 Malpertuis a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Malpertuis 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 Malpertuis?

In Malpertuis the police recorded 74 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 Malpertuis calculated?

Malpertuis scores 3.6 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 Malpertuis 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.