neighbourhood in Den Haag
Dreven en Gaarden
10,805 residents · postal code 2542 · Part of Bouwlust, Den Haag
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Greenery is not in short supply in Dreven en Gaarden: more than half of the surroundings is green, above the national share, and the tree canopy is above it too. Yet quiet gets no further than a 4.1. That figure is made by the density and by a noise level well above the national middle; the trees compensate for that only up to a point.
With wealth such a counterforce is entirely absent. Well over half of households have a low income, the highest income group is only half as large as usual, social assistance occurs many times more often than usual and the property value lags far behind. Four components pointing the same way, with a 2.8 as the outcome. That the primary school is around the corner meanwhile lifts families to an 8.6.
- no. 11,511 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 99 of 110 in Den Haag
How Dreven en Gaarden scores
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Is Dreven en Gaarden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dreven en Gaarden comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Dreven en Gaarden 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, 572 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
Dreven en Gaarden has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,857 — 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 Dreven en Gaarden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dreven en Gaarden comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Dreven en Gaarden 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 Dreven en Gaarden?
In Dreven en Gaarden the police recorded 572 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Dreven en Gaarden calculated?
Dreven en Gaarden 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 Dreven en Gaarden 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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