neighbourhood in Den Haag
De Uithof
2,420 residents · postal code 2544 · Part of Bouwlust, Den Haag
Spacious, but safety lags
De Uithof has the quiet of a rural area and the crime figure of a city edge. Quiet & nature comes out at 8.9, with tree canopy at more than double the national median and a low building density, while safety stalls at 3.0: violence here is almost three times the national rate and theft double it.
The 3.6 for families comes in large part from distance: the primary school is a good one and a half kilometres away, and that is the heaviest component of the pillar.
Wealth & income stops at 5.5, and that score is internally divided. Property value is well above the national median, but social assistance is more than three times above it and vacancy more than double. A one-sentence verdict on this neighbourhood's wealth does not hold.
- no. 11,460 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 97 of 110 in Den Haag
How De Uithof scores
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Is De Uithof a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Uithof comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Uithof is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 148 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
The age profile of De Uithof looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,716 — less 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 Uithof a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Uithof comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Uithof is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 De Uithof?
In De Uithof the police recorded 148 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Uithof calculated?
De Uithof scores 3.4 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 Uithof 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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