neighbourhood in Groningen

Noorderplantsoenbuurt

3,900 residents · postal code 9717 · Part of Oud-West, Groningen

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The population make-up of Noorderplantsoenbuurt is pronounced: almost three in four addresses are single-person households and fewer than one in ten households has children. That explains most of the 4.6 for families, even though the primary school is around the corner.

Amenities, by contrast, reach a 9.5 — supermarket, restaurant and station are all within a kilometre. That is the other side of the same density that keeps quiet & nature at a 3.2: a third of the surroundings green against more than half nationally, and no open water.

On wealth & income the picture is uniformly low. Property values are far below the national median, almost half of households are on a low income, high incomes are under-represented and the social assistance rate is several times the national one.

no. 10,689 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 74 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Noorderplantsoenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplantsoenbuurt comes out at 28 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

27.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

14.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 147 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

0.9 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.5 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

€ 279,000

Welfare recipients

23.1 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

35%

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

15,599 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,508

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

0.7 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noorderplantsoenbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 31%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–156%
NL median 14%
15–2531%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
72% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
9% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,599 — 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 Noorderplantsoenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplantsoenbuurt comes out at 28 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 Noorderplantsoenbuurt?

In Noorderplantsoenbuurt the police recorded 147 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Noorderplantsoenbuurt calculated?

Noorderplantsoenbuurt scores 3.9 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 Noorderplantsoenbuurt 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.