neighbourhood in Groningen
Reitdiep
4,225 residents · postal code 9746 · Part of Nieuw-West, Groningen
Good for children, with a safety question
Reitdiep was built entirely after the turn of the century, and that shows in almost every figure — except safety. Criminal damage here is almost three times above the national median and violence more than one and a half times, while burglary and theft stay below it. Damage and street incidents explain the 5.4, not crime aimed at possessions.
Wealth & income is almost the mirror image: a third of households have a high income and there is hardly any social assistance. Even so the pillar stays at a 6.8 because property value is below the national median, and that component weighs heaviest there.
The noise level sits exactly at the median and the tree canopy below it; it is the water that lifts quiet & nature to a 6.5. For new build on this scale that is an average result.
- no. 4,792 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 120 in Groningen
How Reitdiep scores
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Is Reitdiep a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Reitdiep comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 138 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
Reitdiep has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2520%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,009 — 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 Reitdiep a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Reitdiep comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Reitdiep?
In Reitdiep the police recorded 138 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Reitdiep calculated?
Reitdiep scores 7.3 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 Reitdiep 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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