neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Obbicht

1,830 residents · postal code 6125 · Part of Obbicht en Papenhoven, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

The GP in Obbicht is four hundred metres away, the primary school a good kilometre and a half. Those two numbers explain why amenities come out at a 5.8 and families at a 3.2: the first pillar counts the GP heavily, the second reckons only with education and with the number of children — and that number is small here.

The 9.1 for safety, by contrast, is broadly based. The total is well below the national middle, burglary is all but absent, and violence, theft and vandalism stay under it too.

The 4.2 for wealth & income turns mainly on two things: property values far below the national median and a rate of social assistance twice the national level. The 8.2 for quiet & nature is separate from that and comes from the low building density, the abundant greenery and noise well below the median.

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no. 8 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Obbicht a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Obbicht comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

18.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 37 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

1.1 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

7.9 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

9.4 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

2.9 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 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

€ 316,000

Welfare recipients

16.4 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

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

862 inw/km²

Noise level

45 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

339

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

1.7 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

1.6 km

Secondary school

6.7 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Obbicht has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
862 — far 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 Obbicht a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Obbicht comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Obbicht?

In Obbicht the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Obbicht calculated?

Obbicht scores 5.7 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 Obbicht 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.