neighbourhood in Groningen

Kostverloren

2,365 residents · postal code 9718 · Part of Oud-West, Groningen

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The social assistance rate in Kostverloren is about eight times the national middle. That is the component pushing the wealth & income pillar down to 3.0, together with a property value well below the median and an over-representation of the lowest income group. Vacancy is in fact lower than nationally — the only component pointing the other way.

Almost seventy percent of households live alone and only one in nine homes is a single-family house. That is the make-up of a densely built city neighbourhood just outside the Groningen centre, and it explains why the amenities pillar comes out at 9.5 while quiet & nature stops at 3.1.

The noise level of almost sixty decibels Lden is the sharpest figure here: eight above the national level. Among offences it is mainly property crime that sits above the middle; violence and criminal damage barely differ.

no. 11,644 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 89 of 120 in Groningen

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Is Kostverloren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kostverloren comes out at 30 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

30.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

18.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 96 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 269,000

Welfare recipients

63.4 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

26%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

11%

Built after 2000

22%

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

9,526 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

28%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,048

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

0.5 km

Households with children

11%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kostverloren has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 24%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2524%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
69% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
11% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,526 — 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 Kostverloren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kostverloren comes out at 30 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 Kostverloren?

In Kostverloren the police recorded 96 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Kostverloren calculated?

Kostverloren 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 Kostverloren 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.