neighbourhood in Den Haag

Bohemen en Meer en Bos

4,560 residents · postal code 2555 · Part of Bohemen en Meer en Bos, Den Haag

Top 50% in the Netherlands

Spacious, but safety lags

Four in ten residents of Bohemen en Meer en Bos are 65 or older. That explains the family score of 6.6 better than the distances do: the primary school is close by, but few children live here.

The 4.3 for safety is almost entirely about theft and vandalism, both well above the national median, while violence stays below it. That is the pattern of a neighbourhood where things go missing, not one where the street gets out of hand.

Quiet & nature reaches 8.3 on plenty of greenery and a dense tree canopy. But the most striking figure sits in the wealth & income pillar: vacancy is double the national level, while the share of top incomes is above it. Expensive homes standing empty is a different story from poverty.

no. 6,413 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 47 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Bohemen en Meer en Bos a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bohemen en Meer en Bos comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

31.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

14.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 201 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

6.4 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 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

€ 356,000

Welfare recipients

19.7 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

5,865 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,300

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

18%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bohemen en Meer en Bos has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–256%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+40%
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
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,865 — 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 Bohemen en Meer en Bos a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bohemen en Meer en Bos comes out at 32 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 Bohemen en Meer en Bos?

In Bohemen en Meer en Bos the police recorded 201 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Bohemen en Meer en Bos calculated?

Bohemen en Meer en Bos scores 6.3 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 Bohemen en Meer en Bos 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.