neighbourhood in Den Haag

Laakkwartier-Oost

11,600 residents · postal code 2522 · Part of Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk, Den Haag

Bottom 33% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

More than twenty thousand people live on one square kilometre in Laakkwartier-Oost, and yet quiet is not the weakest pillar here. The tree canopy around the neighbourhood reaches a larger share than nationally; it is the noise and the density themselves that keep the figure at a 3.5.

The weak spot lies elsewhere. Wealth comes out at a 3.2, and that is not one outlier but a sum: a property value far below the national middle, a top income group that does not cover even half of the usual share, and a social assistance density of more than double. What else stands out is how few older people live here. The primary school is around the corner, and because distance weighs heaviest in the families pillar that one comes to an 8.3 — higher than the share of households with children suggests.

no. 8,891 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 63 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Laakkwartier-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Laakkwartier-Oost comes out at 29 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.

Total crime

29.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 579 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 245,000

Welfare recipients

18.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

46%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

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

21,196 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,740

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Laakkwartier-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
21,196 — 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 Laakkwartier-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Laakkwartier-Oost comes out at 29 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 Laakkwartier-Oost?

In Laakkwartier-Oost the police recorded 579 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Laakkwartier-Oost calculated?

Laakkwartier-Oost scores 4.9 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 Laakkwartier-Oost 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.