neighbourhood in Den Haag

Belgisch Park

8,365 residents · postal code 2587 · Part of Belgisch Park, Den Haag

Bottom 40% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

About an eighth of the homes in Belgisch Park stand empty, three times as many as is usual elsewhere, and that with a property value well above the national middle. Why that is cannot be deduced from these figures; that it is so does matter for anyone looking for something here.

The 4.3 for quiet is a second puzzle, and that resolves as soon as you know what that pillar measures. It is quieter there than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, since the noise level lies below the median, but quiet also counts density, greenery and surface water, and on those three Belgisch Park lags behind. What the score does not measure is crime, and that is exactly what stands out: violence lies at almost double the national median, which explains the 3.1 for safety.

no. 7,916 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 55 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Belgisch Park 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

37.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

15.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 485 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

4.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.2 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

€ 541,000

Welfare recipients

13.2 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

12%

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

20%

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

7,879 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,518

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.6 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,879 — 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 Belgisch Park a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Belgisch Park comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Belgisch Park 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 Belgisch Park?

In Belgisch Park the police recorded 485 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Belgisch Park calculated?

Belgisch Park scores 5.5 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 Belgisch 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.