neighbourhood in Den Haag

Laakkwartier-West

8,280 residents · postal code 2523 · Part of Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk, Den Haag

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Supermarket, GP and primary school are four hundred metres away in Laakkwartier-West, and the railway station less than a kilometre. That is the reason for two high scores at once, a 9.8 for amenities and a 8.9 for families, and it is also what that families score rests on almost entirely: the share of children is not particularly large there.

The wealth score lags far behind that. The property value amounts to about six tenths of the Dutch middle, high incomes are scarce there and the share of social assistance recipients lies more than three times above the national one. Among the offences it is above all burglary that stands out, and in a favourable sense: it occurs there only half as often as elsewhere. Violence is the offence that keeps the 4.5 for safety down.

no. 6,847 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 49 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Laakkwartier-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Laakkwartier-West comes out at 33 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

33.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

13.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 461 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 254,000

Welfare recipients

26.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

16%

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

17,953 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,463

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

28%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Laakkwartier-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,953 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Laakkwartier-West comes out at 33 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-West?

In Laakkwartier-West the police recorded 461 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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-West calculated?

Laakkwartier-West scores 6.1 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 Laakkwartier-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.