neighbourhood in Schiedam

Groenoord-Noord

2,275 residents · postal code 3122 · Part of Groenoord, Schiedam

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

More than ten thousand residents per square kilometre, not a single home built after 2000 and still a 6.6 for quiet & nature. Groenoord-Noord is densely built but not bare: both the green cover within three hundred metres and the tree canopy are above the national middle. That is a combination rarely seen in dense post-war neighbourhoods.

The 2.8 for wealth & income is less surprising. The property value stays well below the national median, half of households are in the lowest income group and the social assistance rate is almost nine times as high as nationally; only vacancy is below the national level.

Among the offences all four types come out above the median, violence and property crime most clearly, which keeps the safety pillar at 3.5. Alongside that stands an 8.8 for families, carried by a primary school seven hundred metres away and many households with children.

no. 9,439 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 60 in Schiedam

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Is Groenoord-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Groenoord-Noord comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

32.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

11.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 89 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

0.4 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

4.4 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 250,000

Welfare recipients

70.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

37%

Social housing

62%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

13%

Built after 2000

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

10,242 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,402

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.7 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Groenoord-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,242 — 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-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Groenoord-Noord comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Groenoord-Noord?

In Groenoord-Noord the police recorded 89 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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-Noord calculated?

Groenoord-Noord scores 4.6 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-Noord 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.