district in Groningen
Nieuw-West
Nieuw-West has 10 neighbourhoods with 19,695 residents in total.
Nieuw-West reaches from post-war Vinkhuizen to the newer Reitdiep and De Held estates, ten neighbourhoods and nearly 20,000 residents. Amenities hold up best at 7.7. The other pillars stay at or below the median: quiet and nature 5.4, safety 5.0 and wealth and income 4.4. The overall comes to 4.8. A mixed west of older flats and young, water-rich neighbourhoods.
no. 12 of the 20 districts of Groningen
Short answer: Nieuw-West scores 4.8 as a district of Groningen, no. 12 of the 20 districts of Groningen. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Held (9.6), the worst Hoendiep (2.6). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 19,695 residents in total.
Key figures for Nieuw-West
- residents
- 19,695
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 7.7
How Nieuw-West scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 792 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
Nieuw-West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2521%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,792 — 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 Nieuw-West, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Nieuw-West
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Nieuw-West.
Highest grades
Lowest grades
Neighbourhoods in Nieuw-West
Sorted by total grade