neighbourhood in Den Haag

Burgen en Horsten

6,700 residents · postal code 2592 · Part of Mariahoeve en Marlot, Den Haag

Bottom 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The safety pillar of Burgen en Horsten comes out at a 3.6, and that can be traced back to one type. Violence is registered there well over twice as often as elsewhere, and violence weighs heaviest in that score. Burglary in fact lies at the ordinary level.

At the same time the neighbourhood achieves a 8.2 for families, and that says little about who lives there. The share of children lies below the national median and the neighbourhood is moreover ageing; the score comes from the short distance to the primary school, which stands a few hundred metres away.

The quiet pillar stays stuck at a 5.4, even though this is a green neighbourhood with strikingly much tree canopy. What keeps the score there is the combination of population density, noise above the median and the complete absence of surface water.

no. 8,461 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 59 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Burgen en Horsten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Burgen en Horsten comes out at 30 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

30.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

12.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 276 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

0.5 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 277,000

Welfare recipients

40.3 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

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

7,162 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,352

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Burgen en Horsten has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,162 — 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 Burgen en Horsten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Burgen en Horsten comes out at 30 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 Burgen en Horsten?

In Burgen en Horsten the police recorded 276 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Burgen en Horsten calculated?

Burgen en Horsten scores 5.1 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 Burgen en Horsten 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.