neighbourhood in Den Haag

Vogelwijk

5,435 residents · postal code 2566 · Part of Vogelwijk, Den Haag

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

A property value of more than double the national median, a social assistance rate of zero and a top income group that is far larger here than is usual nationally: the 9.7 for wealth & income in the Vogelwijk does not come out of nowhere.

What does stand out is the 3.5 for safety, and it comes from a different kind of crime than in most neighbourhoods with such a figure. Violence and vandalism are exactly at the Dutch level. Burglary is at more than three times that and theft far above it, and burglary in particular weighs heavily in that pillar. For anyone walking the streets here that figure means something different than for anyone leaving a house behind.

Also striking for a neighbourhood with these prices is the vacancy rate, which is above the national level while nine in ten homes are owner-occupied.

no. 952 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 5 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Vogelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelwijk 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.

Total crime

32.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

19.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 275 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

6.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

5.8 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

€ 939,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

45%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

90%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

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

2,031 inw/km²

Noise level

41 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,883

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

45%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vogelwijk has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 13%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4513%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,031 — 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 Vogelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelwijk 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 Vogelwijk?

In Vogelwijk the police recorded 275 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 Vogelwijk calculated?

Vogelwijk scores 9.5 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 Vogelwijk 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.