neighbourhood in Den Haag
Bosweide
1,895 residents · postal code 2496 · Part of Ypenburg, Den Haag
Well-off, and well out of town
A 10.0 for wealth & income, and it holds on every component: the property value is more than twice the national median, the highest income group almost two and a half times as broad as nationally, the lowest thinner, and social assistance and vacancy barely occur.
With families it is less expected. More than half of the households in Bosweide have children, but the share of residents under fifteen stays at the national level, and the primary school is more than a kilometre away. That distance is the heaviest component of the pillar, and it explains why the score stays at a 7.9.
Amenities comes out lowest of the five at a 6.0. Supermarket and GP are more than a kilometre away and the railway station almost three — the usual bill for a spaciously laid out new development on the edge of the city.
- no. 514 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 110 in Den Haag
How Bosweide scores
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Is Bosweide a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosweide comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 58 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
Bosweide has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4512%
NL median 22%
- 45–6541%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
55% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,764 — 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 Bosweide a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosweide comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bosweide?
In Bosweide the police recorded 58 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Bosweide calculated?
Bosweide scores 9.7 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 Bosweide 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.
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