neighbourhood in Den Haag
Erasmus Veld
4,100 residents · postal code 2548 · Part of Wateringse Veld, Den Haag
Everything for children close by, and little room
Erasmus Veld was built almost entirely after 2000, and the population reflects that: more than four in ten households have children and a fifth of residents are under fifteen. Even so, the families pillar gets no further than a 7.6, because the primary school is exactly a kilometre away, and school distance carries the most weight within it.
Wealth & income, a 6.4, is not strong across the board. Property values are above the national median and more households are on a high income than nationally, but social assistance comes out above the Dutch middle.
Safety lands on a 5.0. Total reported offences are close to the median; it is mainly property crime that rises above it.
- no. 6,364 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 46 of 110 in Den Haag
How Erasmus Veld scores
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Is Erasmus Veld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Erasmus Veld comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 136 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
Erasmus Veld has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,569 — 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 Erasmus Veld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Erasmus Veld comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Erasmus Veld?
In Erasmus Veld the police recorded 136 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Erasmus Veld calculated?
Erasmus Veld scores 6.3 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 Erasmus Veld 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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