neighbourhood in Groningen
Corpus den Hoorn
4,450 residents · postal code 9728 · Part of Zuidwest, Groningen
High-rise rentals and solo dwellers define the streetscape: 63 per cent of households are single-person and barely 17 per cent of homes are ground-based. Amenities earn a generous 8.7, yet wealth sinks to 2.7, near the lowest in the country. At €249,000 the average value trails the national median, and forty offences per 1,000 people present pin safety at 3.4. The station sits just over two kilometres out.
- no. 11,805 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 93 of 120 in Groningen
How Corpus den Hoorn 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, 245 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
Corpus den Hoorn has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,075 — 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
How is the grade for Corpus den Hoorn calculated?
Corpus den Hoorn scores 3.2 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Corpus den Hoorn lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Corpus den Hoorn a safe neighbourhood?
Corpus den Hoorn scores 3.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (40.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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