neighbourhood in Groningen

De Meeuwen

1,930 residents · postal code 9723 · Part of Oud-Zuid, Groningen

Bottom 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Amenities around the corner and hardly a tree: De Meeuwen pays for its 8.9 for amenities with a 2.7 for quiet & nature. Traffic noise is well above the national median and the share of greenery within three hundred metres falls far below it. That is not a contradiction but the same city: the shorter the walk to a shop or a GP, the less room is left between the blocks.

The safety pillar mainly shows which kind of insecurity this is. Violence is below the national median, theft above it; things disappear here, this is not a neighbourhood where people would rather stay indoors after dark.

Anyone looking with children sees the other side. Almost three quarters of households are single-person, the nearest primary school is a kilometre away, and together that keeps the families pillar at a 3.7.

no. 8,469 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 50 of 120 in Groningen

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Is De Meeuwen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Meeuwen comes out at 23 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

22.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

10.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 53 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.

Supermarket

1.0 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.6 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

€ 404,000

Welfare recipients

5.2 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

58%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

30%

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

8,835 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

16%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,316

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

1.0 km

Households with children

12%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Meeuwen has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 34%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2534%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6516%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
73% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,835 — 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 De Meeuwen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Meeuwen comes out at 23 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 De Meeuwen?

In De Meeuwen the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 De Meeuwen calculated?

De Meeuwen scores 5.1 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 De Meeuwen 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.