neighbourhood in Maastricht
Scharn
6,875 residents · postal code 6226 · Part of Buitenwijk Oost, Maastricht
- no. 6,912 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 11 of 40 in Maastricht
Scores per pillar
In Scharn, on Maastricht's eastern edge, amenities and cohesion are the strong points — a 9.4 and a 7.1. Safety (4.1) and housing (4.1), by contrast, lag, with 27 offences per thousand just above the middle. More than half of households live alone. At 368,000 euro the average sits below the national median and the total comes to 6.0. The district is spaciously laid out, at fewer than 1,900 residents per square kilometre.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Scharn calculated?
Scharn scores 6.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Scharn a safe neighbourhood?
Scharn scores 4.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.