neighbourhood in Haarlem

Archimedesbuurt

1,935 residents · postal code 2037 · Part of Meerwijk, Haarlem

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Archimedesbuurt has daily amenities within walking distance and at the same time an overall score of 3.8. The explanation is that three of the five pillars point the other way: wealth & income, safety and quiet & nature are all below four.

The wealth figure is the most firmly founded. More than half of households fall in the lowest income group, social assistance is many times above the national middle and property values far below it. Four components, all four pointing the same way.

The same holds for safety: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism are each above the median. That makes the 3.6 a broad figure rather than an outlier of one type. What remains is accessibility: supermarket, GP and school are close by, and that carries both the 9.0 for amenities and the 8.3 for families.

no. 10,827 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 91 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Archimedesbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Archimedesbuurt comes out at 31 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

31.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

4.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 320,000

Welfare recipients

72.4 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

73%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

29%

Built after 2000

15%

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

12,165 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,860

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.6 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Archimedesbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,165 — 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 Archimedesbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Archimedesbuurt comes out at 31 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 Archimedesbuurt?

In Archimedesbuurt the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Archimedesbuurt calculated?

Archimedesbuurt scores 3.8 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 Archimedesbuurt 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.