neighbourhood in Maastricht

Wittevrouwenveld

6,055 residents · postal code 6224 · Part of Buitenwijk Oost, Maastricht

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Wittevrouwenveld lies so close to everything Maastricht has to offer that amenities comes out at a 9.7, among the best five per cent in the country. Alongside that stands a neighbourhood having a hard time financially: social assistance density is a good six times the national figure, a majority of addresses have a low income, property value stays far below the Dutch middle and there is more vacancy than usual. Every component of the wealth pillar points the same way, and that is why it stands at 2.9.

On safety theft is the largest item, at a good three times the middle, but violence and vandalism are both above it too. So this is more than a theft problem, and for anyone moving here that distinction matters more than the 3.0 itself.

no. 11,291 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Wittevrouwenveld a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

56.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

30.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 445 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 279,000

Welfare recipients

52.8 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

47%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

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

5,394 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,106

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wittevrouwenveld has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2522%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,394 — 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 Wittevrouwenveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wittevrouwenveld comes out at 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wittevrouwenveld 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 Wittevrouwenveld?

In Wittevrouwenveld the police recorded 445 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (56 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 Wittevrouwenveld calculated?

Wittevrouwenveld scores 3.5 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 Wittevrouwenveld 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.