neighbourhood in Den Haag

Morgenstond-Oost

6,125 residents · postal code 2541 · Part of Morgenstond, Den Haag

Bottom 8% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Three times as many registered offences as is usual nationally, and all four counted types contribute to that: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism each occur in Morgenstond-Oost more often than nationally, violence many times over. A 2.6 for safety cannot be softened with that.

What stands next to it is at least as sharp. The wealth pillar comes to a 2.5 and every component points the same way: a property value far below the national one, few earners at the top end, a bottom income group covering a good half of the households, more vacancy than usual and a social assistance level that comes out many times above the median. At the same time shop, GP and school all stand within walking distance there; the 8.9 for amenities and the 8.5 for families both come from those same short distances.

no. 12,095 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 103 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Morgenstond-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

74.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

38.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 689 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

0.8 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.5 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

€ 238,000

Welfare recipients

117.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

14%

Social housing

70%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

10,199 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,618

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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.

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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

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Morgenstond-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,199 — 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 Morgenstond-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Morgenstond-Oost comes out at 75 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Morgenstond-Oost 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 Morgenstond-Oost?

In Morgenstond-Oost the police recorded 689 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (75 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 Morgenstond-Oost calculated?

Morgenstond-Oost 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 Morgenstond-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.