neighbourhood in Den Haag
Nieuw Waldeck
7,375 residents · postal code 2551 · Part of Waldeck, Den Haag
On wealth and on space and quiet Nieuw Waldeck stalls at 3.0, and the total reaches no further than 5.3 — a post-war district in the Hague's Waldeck. Amenities are the exception at 7.6. Crime sits just above the middle at 28 offences per thousand. With 29 percent ownership renting dominates, and income per resident is low at 26,000 euro. At 293,000 euro the average home stays well below the median.
- no. 8,135 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 57 of 110 in Den Haag
How Nieuw Waldeck 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, 267 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
Nieuw Waldeck has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,881 — 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 Nieuw Waldeck calculated?
Nieuw Waldeck scores 5.3 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 Nieuw Waldeck 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 Nieuw Waldeck a safe neighbourhood?
Nieuw Waldeck scores 4.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (28.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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