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neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Obbicht

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

  • no. 8,329 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 11 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

Scores per pillar

Obbicht is a Maas village in Limburg's borderland, with the Grensmaas river as its western horizon (nature 7.7). The village is quiet — safety 8.9 — and village-owned: 72 percent owner-occupied, 91 percent single-family. Three in ten residents are over 65. The GP sits 400 metres away, the supermarket just over a kilometre. Overall: 5.2.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.1 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
1.7 km
Secondary school
6.7 km
Childcare
1.6 km
Train station
7.9 km
Hospital
9.4 km
Restaurant
1.7 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
2.9 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
18.5
Violent crimes
1.4
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 316,000
Owner-occupied
72%
Single-family homes
91%
Built after 2000
7%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 10%25–45 21%45–65 28%65+ 30%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
31%
Single-person households
30%
Residents per km²
862

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Obbicht calculated?

Obbicht scores 5.2 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 Obbicht a safe neighbourhood?

Obbicht scores 8.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.