neighbourhood in Den Haag
Voorhout
2,595 residents · postal code 2514 · Part of Centrum, Den Haag
Everything close by, safety lags
One hundred and seventeen recorded offences per thousand residents — nearly five times the national median — is the figure everything in Voorhout turns around. Violence is more than five times above it, property crime almost five times, vandalism more than four times; only burglary stays below. That is the profile of a city centre where far more people are present by day than live there.
The 7.6 for wealth & income deserves one caveat the figure itself does not give: a quarter of the homes stand empty, more than six times the national share. The high property value and the many high incomes pull the pillar up, but this is not a neighbourhood where everything is lived in and in use. With eight per cent of households having children and two thirds living alone, the 4.6 for families is no surprise either.
- no. 7,636 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 53 of 110 in Den Haag
How Voorhout scores
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Is Voorhout a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Voorhout comes out at 117 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Voorhout 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, 949 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
Voorhout has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 46%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4546%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
8% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,402 — 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 Voorhout a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Voorhout comes out at 117 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Voorhout 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 Voorhout?
In Voorhout the police recorded 949 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (117 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 Voorhout calculated?
Voorhout scores 5.6 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 Voorhout 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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