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Baflo

1,805 residents · postal code 9953 · Part of Baflo, Het Hogeland

  • no. 8,652 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 25 of 62 in Het Hogeland

Scores per pillar

A Groningen village on cheap land: at €253,000 the housing value is among the lowest in this set, far below the national midpoint of €422,000. Baflo is 92 per cent family homes and has a station 500 metres away. Safety and nature score well, 8.4 and 7.0, but the social pillar stalls at 3.6 and housing at 4.1. At 17 crimes per 1,000 people present, crime sits under the median of 24.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
3.9 km
Childcare
0.8 km
Train station
0.5 km
Hospital
21.3 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
4.2 km
Library
4.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
17.3
Violent crimes
1.8
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 253,000
Owner-occupied
63%
Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
21%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 10%25–45 21%45–65 29%65+ 28%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
28%
Single-person households
39%
Residents per km²
2,222

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Baflo calculated?

Baflo scores 5.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Baflo a safe neighbourhood?

Baflo scores 8.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (17.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.