neighbourhood in Den Haag
Vissershaven
4,900 residents · postal code 2583 · Part of Scheveningen, Den Haag
Everything close by, little space
Vissershaven is one of the few neighbourhoods where the quiet score is not depressed by noise: the noise level lies *below* the national figure. Yet the 2.9 is the lowest of the five pillars, and the cause is the greenery. In the immediate surroundings the measurement comes to about a quarter of the national picture and the tree canopy share to a fraction of that.
The wealth pillar shows something other than the first impression. The property value lies above the national middle and high incomes are well represented, but vacancy is four times as high as nationally and the share on social assistance more than three times. Together that produces a 5.0 — an average that sums up two very different things.
Among the offences theft stands out, well over twice the national figure, with vandalism in second place. Burglary lies exactly on the Dutch level.
- no. 11,643 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 100 of 110 in Den Haag
How Vissershaven scores
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Is Vissershaven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vissershaven comes out at 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vissershaven is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 413 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
Vissershaven has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,784 — 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 Vissershaven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vissershaven comes out at 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vissershaven 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 Vissershaven?
In Vissershaven the police recorded 413 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (49 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 Vissershaven calculated?
Vissershaven scores 3.3 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 Vissershaven 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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