neighbourhood in Midden-Groningen

Noorderpark

3,345 residents · postal code 9601 · Part of Foxham en Hoogezand-Noord, Midden-Groningen

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

More than six percent of the residents of Noorderpark live on social assistance, eight times as many as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and property value is roughly half the national median. With a thin top income group and more than half of households in the bottom one, the wealth & income pillar comes to a 2.6 — this neighbourhood's weakest score, and nothing else is strong enough to make up for it.

Among the crime figures vandalism stands out most, at more than twice the national median, while property crime is below it. That is a different kind of insecurity from what a high total suggests. The primary school is five hundred metres away, which explains the 7.5 for families in an area where the share of children itself is not exceptional.

no. 11,981 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 57 of 69 in Midden-Groningen

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Is Noorderpark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderpark comes out at 27 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

27.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 109 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

13.2 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

2.1 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

€ 211,000

Welfare recipients

65.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

37%

Built after 2000

33%

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

5,410 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,694

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

23%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noorderpark has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,410 — 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 Noorderpark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderpark comes out at 27 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 Noorderpark?

In Noorderpark the police recorded 109 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Noorderpark calculated?

Noorderpark 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 Noorderpark 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.