neighbourhood in Groningen
Van Starkenborgh
870 residents · postal code 9731 · Part of Noordoost, Groningen
Well-off, and well out of town
An overall score of 9.8, and the weakest of the five pillars is a 5.9 for amenities: in Van Starkenborgh the drawback is distance. The supermarket, the GP and the primary school are all more than a kilometre away, the station further still.
The wealth & income pillar points the same way throughout, with high property values, no social assistance, no vacancy and many high-income households. The number of reported offences is well below the national middle, with only violence just above it.
More than half of households have children, and the families pillar reaches an 8.6 despite that school distance.
- no. 384 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 120 in Groningen
How Van Starkenborgh scores
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Is Van Starkenborgh a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Van Starkenborgh comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Van Starkenborgh 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, 10 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
Van Starkenborgh has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 11%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6537%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,461 — 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 Van Starkenborgh a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Van Starkenborgh comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Van Starkenborgh 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 Van Starkenborgh?
In Van Starkenborgh the police recorded 10 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Van Starkenborgh calculated?
Van Starkenborgh scores 9.8 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 Van Starkenborgh 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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