neighbourhood in Den Haag
De Lanen
5,335 residents · postal code 2493 · Part of Leidschenveen, Den Haag
Six in ten households in De Lanen, in the Hague's Leidschenveen, have children, and barely 6 percent of residents are over 65. Built after 2000, the district scores high on wealth (8.8) and for families (9.3), with 81 percent single-family homes and 70 percent ownership. Property values of €534,000 sit above the median. Safety, at 5.2, is the weakest element.
- no. 4,350 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 30 of 110 in Den Haag
How De Lanen scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 164 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 Lanen has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 6%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+6%
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
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
62% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,898 — 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
How is the grade for De Lanen calculated?
De Lanen scores 7.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where De Lanen lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is De Lanen a safe neighbourhood?
De Lanen scores 5.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (23.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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