Damsterbuurt, Groningen
About 775 people live in Damsterbuurt, in 590 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 42% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well above the national rate: 130.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The nearest train station is on average 2.1 km away, a supermarket 0.6 km and a GP 0.8 km.
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Is Damsterbuurt a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 42% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 79% |
| Safety and nuisance | 13% |
| Social cohesion | 23% |
| Amenities | 95% |
| Housing stock | 6% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Damsterbuurt safe?
| All registered crime | 130.3 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 1.3 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 3.9 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 31 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | – |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 15% / 85% |
| Apartments | 90% |
| Households with children | 8% |
| Single-person households | 79% |
| Age 65+ | 10% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.6 km |
| GP | 0.8 km |
| Primary school | 0.8 km |
| Secondary school | 0.7 km |
| Train station | 2.1 km |
| Hospital | 0.8 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Groningen
Florabuurt · Bloemenbuurt · Vogelbuurt · Gorechtbuurt · De Linie · Europapark · Kop van Oost · Woonschepenhaven · De Hoogte · Professorenbuurt · Indische buurt · Winschoterdiep
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU00140404. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.