neighbourhood in Groningen

Hoornse Park

730 residents · postal code 9728 · Part of Zuidwest, Groningen

Top 12% in the Netherlands

Well-off, schools and childcare further off

In Hoornse Park every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way: high property values, hardly any vacancy, no social assistance and a wide high-income group. That produces a 9.9, one of the highest wealth scores in the country.

The safety pillar sticks at a 6.8 because of exactly one type of offence. Burglary here is several times above the national median, while violence, vandalism and theft are all below it. This is not an unsafe street but an attractive house.

One in three households has children and still the families pillar gets no further than a 5.7: the nearest primary school is one and a half kilometres away, and school distance carries the most weight in that score.

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no. 15 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Hoornse Park a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoornse Park comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

20.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 16 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 647,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

38%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

88%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

2,181 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

992

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 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

1.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoornse Park has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,181 — around the 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 Park a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoornse Park comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Hoornse Park?

In Hoornse Park the police recorded 16 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Park calculated?

Hoornse Park scores 9.2 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 Park 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.