neighbourhood in Den Haag
De Vissen
8,175 residents · postal code 2492 · Part of Leidschenveen, Den Haag
School close by, shops further off
Amenities, with a 5.6, is De Vissen's weakest score, closely followed by quiet, and that is unusual for a neighbourhood within a large municipality: supermarket, GP and restaurant are all three more than a kilometre away. Anyone doing the shopping here is more likely to take the bike than to walk.
Set against that is a 8.8 for safety: violence, burglary and theft occur there clearly less often than is usual nationally, only vandalism lies just above. With quiet something odd stands out. There is more greenery in the surroundings than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, but the tree canopy stays far below the national level — so the greenery here does not consist of trees. Almost half of the households have children, and with a primary school close by that yields a 9.2 for families.
- no. 1,700 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 110 in Den Haag
How De Vissen scores
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Is De Vissen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vissen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Vissen 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, 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 Vissen has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,946 — 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 Vissen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vissen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Vissen 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 Vissen?
In De Vissen the police recorded 164 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Vissen calculated?
De Vissen scores 9.0 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 Vissen 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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