neighbourhood in Maastricht

Randwyck

3,220 residents · postal code 6229 · Part of Buitenwijk Zuidoost, Maastricht

Bottom 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A quarter of the homes in Randwyck stand empty — more than six times the national median — and property value there is less than half as high as nationally. Those two figures together explain the low wealth score better than the social assistance rate, which here sits close to the national level.

The population make-up is exceptional. Almost eight in ten households are single-person and the share of children under fifteen is minimal. That the families pillar still comes out above six is down to distance: the primary school is four hundred metres away, and that distance weighs heaviest in the pillar.

The offences consist mainly of property crime, at nearly double the national median, while burglary stays far below the middle. Violence is above it, so this is not a place where only belongings go missing.

no. 9,812 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Randwyck a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Randwyck comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Randwyck is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

46.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

16.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 235 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 185,000

Welfare recipients

9.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

26%

Owner-occupied

21%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

18%

Built after 2000

34%

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

1,197 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,417

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

0.4 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Randwyck has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 46%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–154%
NL median 14%
15–2546%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6514%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
78% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
8% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,197 — far less 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 Randwyck a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Randwyck comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Randwyck is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Randwyck?

In Randwyck the police recorded 235 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Randwyck calculated?

Randwyck scores 4.4 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 Randwyck 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.