neighbourhood in Den Haag

Schildersbuurt-Noord

9,555 residents · postal code 2526 · Part of Schildersbuurt, Den Haag

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Two pillars of Schildersbuurt-Noord are among the best in the country and two among the worst. Amenities comes to a 9.9 and families to a 9.6, both for the same reason: everything here is within walking distance, including the primary school, and distance is what those two pillars mainly measure. Against that stand a 2.6 for safety and a 2.7 for wealth.

The wealth side is the sharpest. Almost two thirds of households have a low income, while nationally that concerns well over a third, and the highest income group has shrunk to a fraction; the number of social assistance benefits is several times the national number. Among the offences each of the four measured types is above the national level, violence and vandalism at well over triple.

no. 10,848 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 88 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Schildersbuurt-Noord 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

58.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

18.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 794 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 264,000

Welfare recipients

127.7 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

63%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

15%

Social housing

75%

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

20,553 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

8,907

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

36%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

17%

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Who lives here

Schildersbuurt-Noord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
20,553 — 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 Schildersbuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schildersbuurt-Noord comes out at 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schildersbuurt-Noord 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 Schildersbuurt-Noord?

In Schildersbuurt-Noord the police recorded 794 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (59 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 Schildersbuurt-Noord calculated?

Schildersbuurt-Noord scores 3.8 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 Schildersbuurt-Noord 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.