neighbourhood in Den Haag
Houtwijk
12,740 residents · postal code 2552 · Part of Loosduinen, Den Haag
Good for children, with a safety question
Houtwijk is quiet for a neighbourhood with almost nine thousand residents per square kilometre: the noise level is below the national median, which rarely happens in a city. Together with a tree canopy of well over one and a half times the Dutch one, that produces a 6.0 for quiet.
The incomes are close to the national distribution, at both ends. That the wealth pillar nonetheless gets no further than a 4.5 lies in the property value — below the Dutch median, and the heaviest component of that figure — and in social assistance, which is well over three times above it.
Among the crime figures theft is the outlier: almost twice as much as is usual nationally. Violence is only just above it and burglary likewise; it is mainly the property offences that hold the 3.5 down. For families there is an 8.5, carried by a school a short distance away and an ample share of households with children.
- no. 8,026 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 56 of 110 in Den Haag
How Houtwijk scores
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Is Houtwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Houtwijk comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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, 603 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 Houtwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,928 — 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 Houtwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Houtwijk comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Houtwijk?
In Houtwijk the police recorded 603 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Houtwijk calculated?
Houtwijk scores 5.4 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 Houtwijk 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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