neighbourhood in Den Haag

Kijkduin

2,320 residents · postal code 2554 · Part of Kijkduin en Ockenburgh, Den Haag

Bottom 20% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Kijkduin is exceptionally quiet: the measured noise level is fifteen decibels below the Dutch median, and a gap like that is rarely seen. Even so, quiet & nature stays at 6.7, because greenery within three hundred metres is below the national middle and the tree canopy sits exactly on it. Silence alone does not carry that pillar.

The figure that jars most is the 2.7 for safety. Theft here runs at nearly three times the middle and violence at more than double, in a neighbourhood where the social assistance rate is zero and property value is well above the median. Wealth and safety diverge sharply here.

The population is old: a third of residents are 65 or over and a tenth under fifteen. With the school just over a kilometre away, that explains the 4.0 for families.

no. 10,469 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 80 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Kijkduin a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kijkduin comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kijkduin is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

45.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

26.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 150 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.7 km

Train station

7.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

4.3 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

€ 710,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

11%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

40%

Built after 2000

14%

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

1,815 inw/km²

Noise level

36 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,609

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

1.2 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kijkduin has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+34%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,815 — less 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 Kijkduin a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kijkduin comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kijkduin 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 Kijkduin?

In Kijkduin the police recorded 150 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (45 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 Kijkduin calculated?

Kijkduin scores 4.0 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 Kijkduin 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.