neighbourhood in Groningen

Gorechtbuurt

4,745 residents · postal code 9713 · Part of Oud-Oost, Groningen

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In the Gorechtbuurt seven in ten residents live alone, and that changes how the figures should be read. Theft is the dominant type of offence here and runs at a multiple of the national median, while violence is barely above it. Burglary is the second outlier, at more than four times the national median — striking in a place where only a tenth of the housing stock is single-family.

The 9.8 for amenities and the 3.0 for quiet & nature are two sides of the same thing: a density of more than twelve thousand residents per square kilometre puts everything within a few minutes' walk and leaves little room for greenery. Within three hundred metres there is not even a quarter of the greenery usual nationally.

Social assistance runs at a multiple of the national median.

no. 11,936 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 97 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Gorechtbuurt a safe 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

56.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.6 per 1,000

Property crime

37.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 362 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.4 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

€ 259,000

Welfare recipients

50.6 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

Built after 2000

13%

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

12,601 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,521

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

0.6 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

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Who lives here

Gorechtbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 29%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2529%
NL median 11%
25–4542%
NL median 22%
45–6514%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
70% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
9% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,601 — 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 Gorechtbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gorechtbuurt comes out at 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Gorechtbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Gorechtbuurt?

In Gorechtbuurt the police recorded 362 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (57 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 Gorechtbuurt calculated?

Gorechtbuurt scores 3.2 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 Gorechtbuurt 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.