neighbourhood in Groningen

Koningslaagte

70 residents · postal code 9738 · Part of Noordoost, Groningen

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Well-off, schools and childcare further off

Ten residents per square kilometre: Koningslaagte is mostly empty land, and that shows in an 8.6 for quiet & nature with more than eighty per cent greenery around it. The flip side is in the amenities pillar, which sticks at a 3.7 because the shop, the GP and the school are each kilometres away.

The wealth & income pillar reaches a 9.5 and rests here almost entirely on property value: Statistics Netherlands does not publish incomes and social assistance for so few households, so those components are missing.

The number of recorded thefts is far above the national middle, but with seventy residents that means a handful of incidents. The safety score of 4.1 is therefore an outcome of small numbers rather than a picture of the street.

no. 9,307 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 59 of 120 in Groningen

This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.

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Is Koningslaagte 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

61.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

34.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 23 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

3.4 km

GP practice

2.5 km

Train station

4.7 km

Restaurant

2.3 km

Hospital

6.2 km

Café

3.8 km

Library

4.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 541,000

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

92%

Built after 2000

12%

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

10 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

83%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

214

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 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

2.7 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

2.2 km

Secondary school

3.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Koningslaagte has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10 — far 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 Koningslaagte a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Koningslaagte comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Koningslaagte 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 Koningslaagte?

In Koningslaagte the police recorded 23 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (61 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 Koningslaagte calculated?

Koningslaagte scores 4.7 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 Koningslaagte 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.