neighbourhood in Midden-Groningen

Zuidbroek

3,365 residents · postal code 9636 · Part of Zuidbroek, Midden-Groningen

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

Zuidbroek is thinly populated, with just over six hundred residents per square kilometre, and that shows in the crime figures: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism are all four below the national median, together worth an 8.7.

The 3.8 for families stands out against that. Almost two thirds of that pillar is the distance to school and childcare, and the primary school here is a kilometre away. Where the childcare and secondary school are we do not know, so we cannot clear them; with a share of children below the national median this is in any case not a place geared to young families. The station, by contrast, is just over a kilometre away, unusually close for a village of this size.

no. 8,177 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 69 in Midden-Groningen

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Is Zuidbroek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuidbroek comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidbroek 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.

Total crime

16.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 68 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

1.5 km

Hospital

8.6 km

Café

3.3 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 302,000

Welfare recipients

17.8 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

11%

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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

612 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

338

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.1 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.

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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

1.0 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

1.1 km

Secondary school

7.0 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Zuidbroek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
612 — far less 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 Zuidbroek a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Zuidbroek?

In Zuidbroek the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Zuidbroek calculated?

Zuidbroek scores 5.3 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 Zuidbroek 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.