district in Maastricht
Centrum
Centrum has 7 neighbourhoods with 21,580 residents in total.
Maastricht-Centrum takes in the historic old town with Wyck and the Boschstraatkwartier, seven neighbourhoods and nearly 22,000 residents on both banks of the Maas. Amenities score 9.5, with shops, cafes and culture at street level. Against that stands the familiar flip side: quiet and nature 3.5, safety 3.6 and wealth and income 3.8. With a 3.6 overall, this is a pronounced tourist and commercial heart.
no. 6 of the 7 districts of Maastricht
Short answer: Centrum scores 3.6 as a district of Maastricht, no. 6 of the 7 districts of Maastricht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Wyck (4.6), the worst Boschstraatkwartier (2.6). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 21,580 residents in total.
Key figures for Centrum
- residents
- 21,580
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 2.7
How Centrum scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 2,862 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Centrum has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 35%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–154%
NL median 14%
- 15–2535%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6514%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
75% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
6% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,993 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Centrum, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Centrum
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Centrum.
Highest grades
Neighbourhoods in Centrum
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