neighbourhood in Groningen

Paterswoldsemeer

260 residents · postal code 9752 · Part of Haren-West e.o., Groningen

Bottom 34% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Property values at almost twice the national median and no social assistance, and still a 9.4 for wealth & income rather than something higher: vacancy in Paterswoldsemeer is far above the national level. That is the only component pointing the other way.

The safety pillar is out of tune at a 2.9. Unlike in many expensive neighbourhoods, it is not only theft: violence and burglary are above the national middle as well. With a few hundred residents these are small numbers, but the pattern is broad and cannot be traced to one type.

Almost sixty per cent of the surface is water, which explains the high quiet & nature score. The families pillar, by contrast, stays low because of the distance to the primary school and the small share of children.

no. 8,643 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 51 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Paterswoldsemeer 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

54.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.7 per 1,000

Property crime

24.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 34 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

2.0 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

4.4 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.6 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 753,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

16%

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

Built after 2000

24%

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

136 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

59%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

190

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.1 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

1.8 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.6 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Paterswoldsemeer has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4512%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+36%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
136 — far less 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 Paterswoldsemeer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Paterswoldsemeer comes out at 54 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Paterswoldsemeer 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 Paterswoldsemeer?

In Paterswoldsemeer the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (54 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 Paterswoldsemeer calculated?

Paterswoldsemeer 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 Paterswoldsemeer 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.