neighbourhood in Den Haag

Waldeck-Noord

3,180 residents · postal code 2551 · Part of Waldeck, Den Haag

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Waldeck-Noord is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the country: over half its residents are 65 or over, and only one household in ten has children. That an area with that make-up scores a 7.9 for families is because the pillar mainly measures distance. The primary school is three hundred metres away here, and that outweighs the share of children.

The quiet & nature pillar holds a second surprise. Density is high, yet greenery and tree canopy both sit well above the national middle — this is housing among the greenery, not on top of it. That is how the 5.7 comes about.

On wealth & income the picture is mixed, and that deserves the nuance. The share of low incomes and the rate of social assistance both stay below the national middle, which is not what a 4.2 suggests. The pillar falls on property value, which is far under the median and on its own carries the most weight in it, and on vacancy.

no. 6,540 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 48 of 110 in Den Haag

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Is Waldeck-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waldeck-Noord comes out at 27 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

26.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 104 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

1.0 km

Train station

6.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.0 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

€ 293,000

Welfare recipients

6.3 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

9,476 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,894

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.3 km

Households with children

10%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Waldeck-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 51%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–156%
NL median 14%
15–255%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+51%
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
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,476 — 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 Waldeck-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waldeck-Noord comes out at 27 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 Waldeck-Noord?

In Waldeck-Noord the police recorded 104 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Waldeck-Noord calculated?

Waldeck-Noord scores 6.2 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 Waldeck-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.