neighbourhood in Maastricht

Wyck

5,650 residents · postal code 6221 · Part of Centrum, Maastricht

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Wyck achieves almost the maximum for amenities and almost the minimum for safety, and that is one and the same fact: this is the centre of Maastricht. The number of registered offences lies two and a half times above the national median, and property crime is by far the largest item within that — well over four times the national level. Violence lies above it too, burglary does not.

Hardly any children live there: the share under fifteen is a fraction of what is usual nationally and households with children are an exception. That the families pillar still yields a 5.7 is because distances make up almost two thirds of it and those are short in a centre. Also striking is that one in seven addresses stands vacant, while the social assistance figure lies below the national middle.

no. 9,472 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 14 of 40 in Maastricht

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Is Wyck a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wyck comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wyck 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

61.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

37.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 590 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 406,000

Welfare recipients

5.3 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

15%

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

24%

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

9,997 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

14%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,372

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

0.5 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wyck has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 30%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–153%
NL median 14%
15–2530%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6515%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
71% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
5% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,997 — 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 Wyck a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wyck comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wyck 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 Wyck?

In Wyck the police recorded 590 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (61 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 Wyck calculated?

Wyck scores 4.6 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 Wyck 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.