neighbourhood in Den Haag

Huygenspark

8,290 residents · postal code 2515 · Part of Stationsbuurt, Den Haag

Bottom 4% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

A 10.0 for amenities is the maximum, and Huygenspark achieves it: restaurant, supermarket, GP and station all lie a few minutes' walk away. In the same neighbourhood stand a 2.6 for quiet and a 2.7 for safety, and that is not a contradiction but the profile of a densely built urban neighbourhood where everything is within reach.

The crime figures are of a different order than merely busy, though. Property crime is counted there more than six times as often as nationally and violence more than three times; so it is not solely theft that makes the score. That goes with a population of mainly people living alone — at three out of four addresses one person lives — and strikingly little greenery: less than a quarter of the immediate surroundings is green.

no. 12,591 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 109 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Huygenspark a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

92.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

56.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,126 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 260,000

Welfare recipients

57.9 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

57%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

Social housing

65%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

30%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

18,218 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

21%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

7,855

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

14%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Huygenspark has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 30%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2530%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
75% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18,218 — 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 Huygenspark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Huygenspark comes out at 92 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Huygenspark 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 Huygenspark?

In Huygenspark the police recorded 1,126 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (92 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 Huygenspark calculated?

Huygenspark scores 2.8 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 Huygenspark 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.