neighbourhood in Den Haag
Laakhaven-West
7,345 residents · postal code 2521 · Part of Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk, Den Haag
Everything close by, little space
More than half the homes in Laakhaven-West were built after 2000, and about wealth that says nothing: that pillar comes out at a 3.1, with a social assistance share of more than nine times the national value and a property value that stays far below it. New build and prosperity are different things, and this Hague neighbourhood shows how far apart they can lie.
The 2.8 for quiet is among the lowest in the country. The noise level lies far above the national value, the surrounding greenery lags far behind it and thirteen thousand people live to a square kilometre. Against that stands a 9.1 for amenities - shops, GP and station are close by - and that is the only figure of this neighbourhood that comes out well above the Dutch middle.
- no. 12,045 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 102 of 110 in Den Haag
How Laakhaven-West scores
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Is Laakhaven-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laakhaven-West comes out at 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Laakhaven-West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 778 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
Laakhaven-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4542%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,111 — 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 Laakhaven-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laakhaven-West comes out at 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Laakhaven-West 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 Laakhaven-West?
In Laakhaven-West the police recorded 778 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (65 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 Laakhaven-West calculated?
Laakhaven-West scores 3.1 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 Laakhaven-West 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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