neighbourhood in Den Haag
Hoge Veld
9,305 residents · postal code 2548 · Part of Wateringse Veld, Den Haag
Everything for children close by, and little room
A 9.9 for families puts Hoge Veld in the national top two hundred, and what is unusual is that here it is not only the distances. The primary school is round the corner, but children really do live here: more than half of the households have them, and the share of over-65s is small. Usually the school distance carries such a score on its own.
The 3.8 for quiet does not come from noise — the noise level lies below the national middle. It is space that is missing: nine thousand residents per square kilometre, greenery far below the median, a tree canopy nowhere near the Dutch level.
Behind the wealth pillar sits a spread the score itself does not show: a high property value and many earners at the top go together here with a social assistance figure at more than double the national one.
- no. 1,507 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 110 in Den Haag
How Hoge Veld scores
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Is Hoge Veld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Veld comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 272 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
Hoge Veld has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
57% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,048 — 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 Hoge Veld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Veld comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Hoge Veld?
In Hoge Veld the police recorded 272 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Hoge Veld calculated?
Hoge Veld scores 9.1 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 Hoge 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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