neighbourhood in Groningen

Beijum-Oost

6,005 residents · postal code 9736 · Part of Noordoost, Groningen

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Beijum-Oost combines two things you rarely see together: a 7.9 for quiet & nature in a neighbourhood with a good six thousand residents per square kilometre, and a 2.8 for wealth & income. That quiet comes from the layout — plenty of greenery and tree canopy within reach and a noise level far below the national median.

The wealth score is the lowest of the five pillars. Almost one in ten residents is on social assistance, a good ten times as many as in the average neighbourhood; earners at the top end are rare and property value comes nowhere near the Dutch middle.

What drags the safety score down is not theft — that is below the median here — but violence and vandalism, both of which are well above it. That is the reverse of the pattern in a city centre, and it makes more concrete what that 4.0 means.

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no. 60 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Beijum-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beijum-Oost comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

27.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

8.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 206 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

5.3 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.7 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 239,000

Welfare recipients

93.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

34%

Social housing

61%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

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

6,434 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,521

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

0.4 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Beijum-Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,434 — 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 Beijum-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beijum-Oost comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Beijum-Oost?

In Beijum-Oost the police recorded 206 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Beijum-Oost calculated?

Beijum-Oost 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 Beijum-Oost 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.