neighbourhood in Den Haag

Bloemenbuurt-West

2,275 residents · postal code 2565 · Part of Bomen- en Bloemenbuurt, Den Haag

Top 17% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The crime figure in Bloemenbuurt-West is above the national middle, but not in the way you might fear. Violence stays below it and burglary sits exactly on the median; it is property crime and vandalism that make the figure. This is a neighbourhood where things go missing, not one where you would rather stay indoors after dark — and the safety score of 5.2 says nothing about that difference.

On wealth & income the neighbourhood scores 8.1, and apart from one point everything runs the same way: high property value, many high incomes, few low ones, hardly any social assistance. The exception is vacancy, which is at double the national middle.

The 8.8 for families does not come from the number of children — that is below the national picture and more than a quarter of residents are 65 or over. It comes from the primary school four hundred metres away.

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no. 16 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Bloemenbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt-West comes out at 31 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

31.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

13.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 104 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

5.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

4.9 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

€ 510,000

Welfare recipients

4.4 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

84%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

37%

Built after 2000

11%

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

8,063 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,240

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.4 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Bloemenbuurt-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,063 — 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 Bloemenbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt-West comes out at 31 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 Bloemenbuurt-West?

In Bloemenbuurt-West the police recorded 104 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Bloemenbuurt-West calculated?

Bloemenbuurt-West scores 8.7 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 Bloemenbuurt-West 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.