neighbourhood in Den Haag
De Bras
5,665 residents · postal code 2498 · Part of Ypenburg, Den Haag
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Almost two thirds of households in De Bras have children, and the neighbourhood was built almost entirely after the turn of the century. What was not built alongside are shops: supermarket and GP are both almost two kilometres away, and those are precisely the two heaviest components of the amenities pillar. Hence a 4.9, the neighbourhood's only weak figure.
The 8.2 for wealth hangs on the property value, which lies far above the national middle. The income distribution itself is less pronounced: the bottom group is the same size as nationally and social assistance even lies well above it. That quiet comes out as high as a 8.3 while many people live on little ground is down to the rest of that pillar — greenery, tree canopy and water all lie above the national level and the noise below it.
- no. 884 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 110 in Den Haag
How De Bras scores
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Is De Bras a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Bras comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Bras is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 90 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
De Bras has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2520%
NL median 11%
- 25–4515%
NL median 22%
- 45–6539%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
63% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,638 — 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 De Bras a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Bras comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Bras is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Bras?
In De Bras the police recorded 90 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 De Bras calculated?
De Bras scores 9.5 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 De Bras 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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