neighbourhood in Groningen
Oosterpoort
5,020 residents · postal code 9724 · Part of Oud-Zuid, Groningen
Everything close by, little to spend
Of the households in Oosterpoort almost three quarters consist of one occupant, and the share with children is small. That makes the families figure of 6.2 misleading: that pillar mainly measures distance, and the primary school is around the corner. That hardly any children live there is not something you can read off it.
Amenities get a 9.9, and it cannot go much higher: shop, GP, place to eat and station are all within walking distance. What the neighbourhood gives up for that is in the quiet pillar. There is hardly any greenery in the immediate surroundings, far less than is usual nationally, and the noise level lies well above it.
The crime revolves around theft, which is counted twice as often there as nationally; violence sits on the median. And the bottom income group covers more than half of the households here. Together with property values far below the Dutch median that produces a 2.9 for wealth, the lowest of the five figures — with quiet just behind it.
- no. 11,221 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 81 of 120 in Groningen
How Oosterpoort scores
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Is Oosterpoort a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oosterpoort comes out at 36 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.
In 2025, 263 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Oosterpoort has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 32%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–154%
NL median 14%
- 15–2532%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
NL median 22%
- 45–6516%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
73% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
7% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,663 — 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 Oosterpoort a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oosterpoort comes out at 36 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 Oosterpoort?
In Oosterpoort the police recorded 263 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Oosterpoort calculated?
Oosterpoort scores 3.6 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 Oosterpoort 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.
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