neighbourhood in Den Haag
Oostbroek-Zuid
8,355 residents · postal code 2573 · Part of Rustenburg en Oostbroek, Den Haag
Everything close by, little space
More than twenty-two thousand residents per square kilometre: in Oostbroek-Zuid that figure almost single-handedly carries the 2.7 for quiet, together with the absence of surface water and little greenery. Hardly any home is a single-family home and not one was built this century, while more than half are owner-occupied — an owner-occupied neighbourhood of older flats.
The safety score, at a 5.1, comes out higher than the number of offences would suggest, and that is down to one outlier on the low side: burglary occurs there only a third as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood. Violence and vandalism, by contrast, lie above the median. The risk here is therefore rather on the street than behind the front door, and the pillar score itself does not show that distinction.
- no. 8,747 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 61 of 110 in Den Haag
How Oostbroek-Zuid scores
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Is Oostbroek-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostbroek-Zuid 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.
In 2025, 477 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
Oostbroek-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
22,257 — 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 Oostbroek-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostbroek-Zuid 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 Oostbroek-Zuid?
In Oostbroek-Zuid the police recorded 477 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 Oostbroek-Zuid calculated?
Oostbroek-Zuid scores 5.0 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 Oostbroek-Zuid 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.
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