neighbourhood in Groningen

Selwerd

6,585 residents · postal code 9741 · Part of Nieuw-Noord, Groningen

Bottom 21% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Selwerd not even one in six households has children, and yet there is a 7.6 for families. That looks contradictory, but that pillar mainly measures distances, and the primary school is a short distance away. About what it is like to grow up there as a child the figure says nothing.

With wealth & income all components point the same way. The property value reaches just over half of the national middle, the top income group lags far behind, and social assistance amounts to ninefold. That is how a 2.6 comes about, and there is little to argue with there.

The registered crime figure is double the national one. That sits in theft and vandalism, which are both well above it; violence only a fraction. Selwerd also achieves a 9.9 for amenities — supermarket, GP and primary school are a few hundred metres away.

no. 10,443 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 70 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Selwerd a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Selwerd comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Selwerd is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

46.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

22.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 374 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 235,000

Welfare recipients

69.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

63%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

23%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

30%

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

7,980 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,275

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

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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

0.4 km

Households with children

14%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Selwerd has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 32%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2532%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6514%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
72% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,980 — 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 Selwerd a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Selwerd comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Selwerd 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 Selwerd?

In Selwerd the police recorded 374 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Selwerd calculated?

Selwerd scores 4.0 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 Selwerd 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.