neighbourhood in Groningen

Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier

6,515 residents · postal code 9712 · Part of Centrum, Groningen

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

In four out of five households in Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier one person lives, and the share of children in the population is a fraction of the national one. That explains the 5.3 for families better than the distances do: the primary school is close by, but there are hardly any children to send there.

All four counted offence types lie above the national middle here, and burglary the most strongly — more than four times the median. Theft is the largest item in numbers and ensures that the total reaches almost double the national one. That yields a 2.9 for safety.

Amenities stands against that with a 9.9, and those two figures are connected. The same density that brings everything within walking distance pushes the quiet score down to a 3.3 with little greenery and a lot of noise.

no. 11,943 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 98 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

44.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.6 per 1,000

Property crime

27.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 439 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 291,000

Welfare recipients

24.6 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

56%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

20%

Built after 2000

29%

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

14,976 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

22%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

7,065

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.0 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

0.7 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 42%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–154%
NL median 14%
15–2542%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6514%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
80% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
5% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,976 — 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 Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier?

In Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier the police recorded 439 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (45 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 Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier calculated?

Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier scores 3.1 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 Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier 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.