neighbourhood in Groningen

Hoornse Meer

4,290 residents · postal code 9728 · Part of Zuidwest, Groningen

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, except school and childcare

In Hoornse Meer the primary school is more than a kilometre away, and distance is the heaviest component of the families pillar. Combined with a share of children far below the national median, that explains the 4.2 — while almost everything adults need is within walking distance and amenities reach a 9.0.

Quiet & nature gets a 7.0 and that comes from the water: nearly a fifth of the surface. Greenery in the surroundings is below the national level and the noise level above it. The openness here is in the water, not in the greenery.

On the wealth & income side, high and low incomes sit close to the national picture, but the number of social assistance benefits is almost three times as high. That, plus property values below the median, pushes down the 4.3 — the benefits side, not the income spread.

no. 7,507 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Hoornse Meer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoornse Meer comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

25.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 142 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

0.7 km

Train station

3.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 322,000

Welfare recipients

23.3 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

35%

Built after 2000

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

4,387 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

18%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,976

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

1.3 km

Households with children

19%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoornse Meer has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,387 — 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

Is Hoornse Meer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoornse Meer comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Hoornse Meer?

In Hoornse Meer the police recorded 142 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Hoornse Meer calculated?

Hoornse Meer scores 5.7 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 Hoornse Meer 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.