neighbourhood in Haarlem

Bakenes

2,085 residents · postal code 2011 · Part of Oude Stad, Haarlem

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Bakenes has a problem that no other pillar offsets: nearly five times as many offences are recorded here as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and it is not one category. Violence runs at more than seven times the national median and property crime at more than five times. So this is not a place where only bicycles disappear.

The 9.2 for amenities is the other side. Everything is within a kilometre, the station first among them, and that is the trade the low overall score conceals.

On wealth & income the 7.5 is less clear-cut than it looks. Property value is far above the national median and the top income group is wide, but vacancy runs three times as high as in the average neighbourhood. With six in ten households made up of one person and little greenery around, that is not a detail.

no. 7,788 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 77 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Bakenes a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bakenes comes out at 115 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bakenes 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.

Total crime

115.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

17.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

51.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

9.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 508 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.1 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 543,000

Welfare recipients

9.6 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

12%

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

27%

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

9,159 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

14%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,726

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

15%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bakenes has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,159 — 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 Bakenes a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bakenes comes out at 115 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bakenes 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 Bakenes?

In Bakenes the police recorded 508 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (115 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 Bakenes calculated?

Bakenes scores 5.5 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 Bakenes 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.