neighbourhood in Groningen

Lewenborg-Zuid

3,360 residents · postal code 9732 · Part of Nieuw-Oost, Groningen

Bottom 33% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

More than five percent of the residents of Lewenborg-Zuid live on social assistance, seven times the national median, and property value stays far below it. That produces a 3.2 for wealth & income, with vacancy the only component that comes out better than nationally.

At the same time more children live here than average and the primary school is six hundred metres away — hence the 8.1 for families, this neighbourhood's strongest score. Fewer offences are reported in total than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, although violence and vandalism are above the median and property crime below it. Poverty and safety do not move together here, and that is exactly what the overall score of 5.0 hides.

no. 8,797 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 53 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Lewenborg-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lewenborg-Zuid comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

20.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

7.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 80 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

5.7 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 267,000

Welfare recipients

56.5 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

59%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

10%

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

5,586 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,517

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Lewenborg-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,586 — 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-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lewenborg-Zuid comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Lewenborg-Zuid?

In Lewenborg-Zuid the police recorded 80 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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-Zuid calculated?

Lewenborg-Zuid scores 5.0 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-Zuid 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.