neighbourhood in Groningen

Haren-Noord

3,915 residents · postal code 9751 · Part of Haren-West e.o., Groningen

Top 2% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

Haren-Noord scores an 8.2 for families even though the primary school is more than a kilometre away — remarkable, since school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar. The share of households with children makes up for it: more than four in ten, with a quarter of residents under fifteen.

The 9.5 for safety is earned across the board. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all four below the national median, burglary at a fraction of it.

Wealth & income lands on an 8.6 and is largely unambiguous: high property values, many households on a high income, few low incomes and little social assistance. Only vacancy is above the national level, and it carries little weight.

no. 226 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Haren-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haren-Noord comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Haren-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

13.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 64 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 590,000

Welfare recipients

7.7 per 1,000

High incomes

41%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

68%

Built after 2000

53%

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

1,965 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

830

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 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

1.2 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

25%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Haren-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 25%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1525%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,965 — less 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 Haren-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Haren-Noord?

In Haren-Noord the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Haren-Noord calculated?

Haren-Noord scores 9.9 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 Haren-Noord 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.