neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Buchten

1,995 residents · postal code 6122 · Part of Holtum-Born, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 30% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The total number of reported offences in Buchten sits almost exactly on the national median, but the split behind it is skewed. Violence and vandalism occur more often than average, burglary and theft less. Because violence is the most heavily weighted category in the safety pillar, it holds at a 6.0 while the raw figure looks neutral.

The 4.4 for wealth & income is less stark than in many neighbourhoods with a figure like that. Property values lag far behind the national median, and that is the component that bites hardest; the income distribution and the rate of social assistance differ only modestly and vacancy is low.

For daily life the GP is five hundred metres away and the school seven hundred, while the supermarket takes a kilometre and a half. That gap explains why amenities come out at a 7.1 and no higher: the component that counts most is the one furthest away here.

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no. 16 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Buchten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buchten comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

23.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 56 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

1.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

5.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

8.8 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 288,000

Welfare recipients

10.0 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

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

1,997 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

776

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

0.7 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

5.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Buchten looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,997 — 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 Buchten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buchten comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Buchten?

In Buchten the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Buchten calculated?

Buchten scores 4.7 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 Buchten 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.