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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.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.6 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.9 km
Hospital
1.0 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
26.5
Violent crimes
1.9
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 368,000
Owner-occupied
55%
Single-family homes
52%
Built after 2000
10%
Income per resident
€ 38,000

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 21%25–45 23%45–65 23%65+ 21%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
20%
Single-person households
55%
Residents per km²
1,867

Nearby neighbourhoods

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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.