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Grassen

2,015 residents · postal code 3994 · Part of Houten Zuid-Oost, Houten

  • no. 1,401 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 17 of 48 in Houten

Scores per pillar

Grassen in Houten Zuid-Oost is cycling-city new-build with top numbers: safety 9.7, socio-economic 9.4, and more than half of households with children. Everything is post-2000, the average value €571k. The flip side of the Houten model: the supermarket is over three kilometres away, the station one and a half. Overall: 9.2.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
3.4 km
General practitioner
2.6 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
3.4 km
Childcare
0.9 km
Train station
1.5 km
Hospital
2.5 km
Restaurant
3.3 km
Café
2.4 km
Library
4.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
11.2
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 571,000
Owner-occupied
76%
Single-family homes
78%
Built after 2000
100%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 23%15–25 13%25–45 27%45–65 29%65+ 8%
Average household size
2.7
Households with children
53%
Single-person households
24%
Residents per km²
5,181

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Grassen calculated?

Grassen scores 9.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Grassen a safe neighbourhood?

Grassen scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (11.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.