neighbourhood in Den Haag
Vruchtenbuurt
7,320 residents · postal code 2564 · Part of Vruchtenbuurt, Den Haag
Everything for children close by, and little room
The number of registered offences in Vruchtenbuurt sits almost exactly on the national median, and yet safety scores a 7.8. That is because the pillar does not count but weighs: violence and burglary, together worth almost six tenths, both stay below that midpoint here, while theft rises well above it. Anyone wanting to know whether the streets are safe at night reads something different here from what the bare total suggests.
Set against that is a 4.0 for quiet, and crime has nothing to do with it: that sits in a different pillar. It is the density. This is densely built-up Den Haag, with less greenery in the immediate surroundings than is usual elsewhere in the Netherlands and no water of any significance. The tree canopy is there, though, well above the national picture.
- no. 700 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 110 in Den Haag
How Vruchtenbuurt scores
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Is Vruchtenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vruchtenbuurt comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 253 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
The age profile of Vruchtenbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,682 — 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 Vruchtenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vruchtenbuurt comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Vruchtenbuurt?
In Vruchtenbuurt the police recorded 253 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Vruchtenbuurt calculated?
Vruchtenbuurt scores 9.6 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 Vruchtenbuurt 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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