neighbourhood in Groningen

Lewenborg-Noord

3,695 residents · postal code 9733 · Part of Nieuw-Oost, Groningen

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A social assistance rate of nearly eight times the national median: that is the figure the 3.0 for wealth & income in Lewenborg-Noord rests on, and it does not stand alone. High incomes are rare, half of all households are on a low income, and property values sit well below the median. Only vacancy is low.

In the crime picture, vandalism stands out at more than three times the national median, while burglary is almost absent and violence barely differs from average. The 5.6 for safety is therefore not a neighbourhood where you watch your back after dark, but one where things get broken. Alongside it stands a 9.0 for amenities: supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within seven hundred metres, and the station six kilometres out.

no. 7,197 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 43 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Lewenborg-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lewenborg-Noord comes out at 32 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

32.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

12.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 145 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

6.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 261,000

Welfare recipients

62.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

37%

Social housing

54%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

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

6,218 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,407

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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

0.7 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Lewenborg-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,218 — 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 Lewenborg-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lewenborg-Noord comes out at 32 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 Lewenborg-Noord?

In Lewenborg-Noord the police recorded 145 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Lewenborg-Noord calculated?

Lewenborg-Noord scores 5.9 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 Lewenborg-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.