neighbourhood in Den Haag

Ockenburgh

1,380 residents · postal code 2553 · Part of Kijkduin en Ockenburgh, Den Haag

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Spacious, but safety lags

A 9.8 for quiet & nature next to a 2.5 for safety — in Ockenburgh the two scores people most often confuse lie as far apart as possible. Quiet & nature measures density, noise, greenery, canopy and water, and this neighbourhood scores exceptionally on all five: four hundred residents per square kilometre and a noise level far below the national median.

Crime is not part of it, and here that is the difference. Reported offences are more than three times the national median, with property crime and vandalism the largest items and violence and burglary above it as well.

The wealth & income pillar has a similar split. Property value and incomes are well above the national median, but almost a quarter of homes are vacant — a figure you would not expect in a neighbourhood with such property values, and it holds the score at an 8.2.

no. 8,239 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 58 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Ockenburgh 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

73.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.1 per 1,000

Property crime

40.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

12.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 172 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

7.7 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

4.0 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 608,000

Welfare recipients

7.2 per 1,000

High incomes

39%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

24%

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

Built after 2000

42%

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

401 inw/km²

Noise level

38 dB

Green surroundings

64%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,461

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

1.3 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

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Who lives here

Ockenburgh has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
401 — far less 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 Ockenburgh a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ockenburgh comes out at 74 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Ockenburgh 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 Ockenburgh?

In Ockenburgh the police recorded 172 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (74 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 Ockenburgh calculated?

Ockenburgh scores 5.3 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 Ockenburgh 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.