neighbourhood in Den Haag
Belgisch Park
8,365 residents · postal code 2587 · Part of Belgisch Park, Den Haag
Belgisch Park lies between Scheveningen and the Haagse Bos, with a wealth score of 6.8 and an average home value of 541,000 euro. Almost all its homes predate 2000, with barely 1 per cent built since the turn of the century. Ownership runs to 61 per cent and average income to 44,000 euro. Despite the well-kept feel, safety climbs no further than 3.1. Half of households are single-person and space and quiet stays low at 4.3.
- no. 7,916 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 55 of 110 in Den Haag
How Belgisch Park scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
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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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
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
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 four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Belgisch Park lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Belgisch Park a safe neighbourhood?
Belgisch Park scores 3.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (37.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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