neighbourhood in Den Haag
Kom Loosduinen
5,040 residents · postal code 2552 · Part of Loosduinen, Den Haag
Singles and older residents fill Kom Loosduinen in western The Hague: 53 percent one-person households and nearly a third over 65. The district leans heavily on its amenities (9.1); every other pillar stays below 3.8. With only 17 percent single-family homes and 34 percent owner-occupied, the rental flat dominates. At almost 46 crimes per thousand people present, crime runs well above the national median.
- no. 9,951 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 73 of 110 in Den Haag
How Kom Loosduinen scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 324 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
Kom Loosduinen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,009 — 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
How is the grade for Kom Loosduinen calculated?
Kom Loosduinen scores 4.3 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Kom Loosduinen lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Kom Loosduinen a safe neighbourhood?
Kom Loosduinen scores 3.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (45.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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