The districts of Groningen
Groningen has 244,145 residents (2026), spread across 20 districts and 151 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little to spend
Groningen averages 5.0, which puts the municipality above 33% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 8.3; wealth and income hold it back at 4.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Haren-Noord (9.9), the lowest in Hoendiep (2.6). That is 7.3 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Groningen
- residents
- 244,145
- districts
- 20
- neighbourhoods
- 151
- km² of land
- 185
How Groningen scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 13,391 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Groningen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Groningen →
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
Groningen has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2522%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,635 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Groningen, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Groningen →Haren-Noord
Groningen
Meeroevers
Groningen
Oosterhaar
Groningen
Tersluis
Groningen
Drielanden
Groningen
Van Starkenborgh
Groningen
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Groningen
The worst districts of Groningen are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Groningen: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Groningen: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Groningen →
Other rankings
The 20 districts of Groningen with a grade
Sorted by total grade
- 1Haren-Oost e.o.9.7
- 2Haren-West e.o.9.3
- 3Meerstad e.o.9.2
- 4Glimmen-Onnen-Noordlaren7.9
- 5Meerdorpen7.2
- 6Hoogkerk e.o.6.7
- 7Ten Boer e.o.6.6
- 8Nieuw-Oost6.2
- 9Midden-Zuid5.8
- 10Noordoost5.5
- 11Zuidwest5.3
- 12Nieuw-West4.8
- 13Zuidoost4.6
- 14Oud-Zuid4.1
- 15Ten Post e.o.4.1
- 16Nieuw-Noord3.7
- 17Oud-West3.6
- 18Oud-Oost3.5
- 19Oud-Noord3.3
- 20Centrum2.9