neighbourhood in Overbetuwe
Groenoord
1,885 residents · postal code 6661 · Part of Westeraam, Overbetuwe
Safe, but not spacious
Groenoord was built in its entirety after 2000, and it shows in everything. Half the households have children and the share of over-65s is far below the national middle. So for once the 9.4 for families comes not only from school distance but also from who lives here.
The price sits in the 3.0 for quiet & nature. New building on this scale means dense construction, little tree canopy and more noise than the national norm, and surface water is absent; the pillar measures exactly those things.
Beyond that there is little that is weak. Reported offences run at a good half of the national middle and none of the four types rises above the median. The wealth & income pillar is in decent shape too, with property values and an income distribution that both come out favourably and almost no vacancy; only the share on social assistance is slightly above the national figure.
- no. 739 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 77 in Overbetuwe
How Groenoord scores
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Is Groenoord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groenoord comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Groenoord 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, 26 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
Groenoord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
51% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,637 — 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 Groenoord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groenoord comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Groenoord 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 Groenoord?
In Groenoord the police recorded 26 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Groenoord calculated?
Groenoord scores 9.6 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 Groenoord 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Overbetuwe.
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