neighbourhood in Groningen

Paddepoel-Zuid

5,340 residents · postal code 9742 · Part of Nieuw-Noord, Groningen

Bottom 15% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

At almost two thirds of the addresses in Paddepoel-Zuid one person lives. That skews many comparisons on this page: figures measured per household, such as the income distribution, are about much smaller households here than is usual nationally.

The safety figure of 3.6 is almost entirely about theft, which is at more than double the national median. Violence is exactly at that level — not below it, so it is not that nothing is going on in the street, but it is clearly not the engine behind this figure.

The wealth score is the neighbourhood's lowest and at the same time the most unambiguous. The property value stays far below the Dutch level, the bottom income group covers more than half of the households and the social assistance rate is a multiple of what is usual nationally. Not a single component points the other way.

no. 11,189 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 80 of 120 in Groningen

Compare with…View on the map

Do some of these matter more to you than others?

Is Paddepoel-Zuid 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

39.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

22.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 254 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Groningen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Groningen →

The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Groningen →

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.

Property value

€ 262,000

Welfare recipients

101.1 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

22%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

27%

Built after 2000

56%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Groningen →

The figures ⌄

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

9,804 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,122

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.7 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Groningen →

The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Groningen →

Who lives here

Paddepoel-Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,804 — 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 Paddepoel-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Paddepoel-Zuid comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Paddepoel-Zuid 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 Paddepoel-Zuid?

In Paddepoel-Zuid the police recorded 254 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Paddepoel-Zuid calculated?

Paddepoel-Zuid 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 Paddepoel-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.