neighbourhood in Groningen

Zeeheldenbuurt

3,570 residents · postal code 9726 · Part of Oud-Zuid, Groningen

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Zeeheldenbuurt is a student neighbourhood in everything the figures show: three quarters of households consist of one person, and the share of residents under fifteen is rare by national standards. The 4.1 for families is therefore not about the school but about the simple fact that hardly any children live here.

The combination of an 8.7 for safety with more than ten thousand residents per square kilometre is unusual. Violence is far below the national median here, as are burglary and vandalism; only theft comes out above. That is a different urban profile from what most densely built neighbourhoods show.

The 3.2 for wealth & income matches that population: more than half of all households fall into the lowest income group and property value stays far below the median.

no. 9,952 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 64 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Zeeheldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

20.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 88 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 246,000

Welfare recipients

16.8 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

27%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

13%

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

10,690 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,217

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

1.2 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zeeheldenbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 43%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–153%
NL median 14%
15–2543%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–658%
NL median 28%
65+5%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
76% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
4% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,690 — 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 Zeeheldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Zeeheldenbuurt?

In Zeeheldenbuurt the police recorded 88 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Zeeheldenbuurt calculated?

Zeeheldenbuurt scores 4.3 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 Zeeheldenbuurt 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.