neighbourhood in Groningen

Ruischerwaard

1,220 residents · postal code 9734 · Part of Nieuw-Oost, Groningen

Top 24% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Ruischerwaard records slightly more reported offences than the average Dutch neighbourhood and still has an 8.1 for safety. That is because violence and burglary are both clearly below it; only vandalism comes out a little above the middle.

Four in ten households here have children, which matters less for the families pillar than a reader expects: the primary school at more than a kilometre weighs more heavily in it, and the score stays at a 6.8.

The supermarket is four hundred metres away, the railway station more than five kilometres. That spread holds the amenities pillar at a 6.6, while the daily shopping round is short.

no. 3,108 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Ruischerwaard a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ruischerwaard 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.

Total crime

26.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 38 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.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

2.0 km

Train station

5.1 km

Restaurant

1.5 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.3 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

€ 378,000

Welfare recipients

8.2 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

93%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

Built after 2000

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

5,468 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

21%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,224

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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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The figures ⌄

Families

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

Primary school

1.2 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ruischerwaard has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,468 — 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 Ruischerwaard a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ruischerwaard 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 Ruischerwaard?

In Ruischerwaard the police recorded 38 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 Ruischerwaard calculated?

Ruischerwaard 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 Ruischerwaard 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.