neighbourhood in Groningen
Ruischerbrug
475 residents · postal code 9734 · Part of Nieuw-Oost, Groningen
Safe, but few children
All four types of reported offence in Ruischerbrug are below the national middle: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism. That is rare and it produces a 9.3 for safety, this neighbourhood's strongest score.
The quiet & nature pillar does something unexpected. More than a quarter of the surface is water and greenery is above the median, but the noise level comes out well above the national middle, and that holds the score at a 6.8. Quiet here is a matter of view, not of silence.
The railway station is more than five kilometres away, and that is the main reason amenities lags behind the rest at a 5.9; the shop and the restaurant are close by.
- no. 3,062 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 23 of 120 in Groningen
How Ruischerbrug scores
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Is Ruischerbrug a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ruischerbrug comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ruischerbrug is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 3 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
Ruischerbrug has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 6%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–256%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,484 — around the 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 Ruischerbrug a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ruischerbrug comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ruischerbrug is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Ruischerbrug?
In Ruischerbrug the police recorded 3 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Ruischerbrug calculated?
Ruischerbrug scores 8.2 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 Ruischerbrug 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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