neighbourhood in Groningen

Hoogkerk Dorp

1,730 residents · postal code 9745 · Part of Hoogkerk e.o., Groningen

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Hoogkerk Dorp scores below the national middle on nearly every component of the wealth & income pillar: low property values, few high-income households, many low-income ones and a social assistance rate that is a multiple of the median. Only vacancy sits exactly at the national level. Hence the 2.9.

The 5.5 for safety comes from a different direction than in many urban neighbourhoods. Theft and burglary are below the national middle here; it is violence, the heaviest item in that pillar, and vandalism that rise above it.

Amenities do better than the overall score suggests, at a 7.0: the supermarket and the primary school are within a kilometre, the station almost five.

no. 11,714 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 92 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Hoogkerk Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogkerk Dorp comes out at 31 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

31.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 74 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

4.8 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

6.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 277,000

Welfare recipients

57.8 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

44%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

18%

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

1,325 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

712

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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

0.9 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Hoogkerk Dorp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,325 — far less 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 Hoogkerk Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogkerk Dorp comes out at 31 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 Hoogkerk Dorp?

In Hoogkerk Dorp the police recorded 74 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Hoogkerk Dorp calculated?

Hoogkerk Dorp scores 3.3 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 Hoogkerk Dorp 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.