neighbourhood in Haarlem

Bomenbuurt-west

2,060 residents · postal code 2023 · Part of Ter Kleefkwartier, Haarlem

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Bomenbuurt-west combines a 9.6 for families with a 2.8 for quiet & nature, and both come from the same source: almost twelve thousand residents per square kilometre, with school, supermarket and GP within five hundred metres and hardly any greenery in between.

The safety score of 6.7 disappoints for a total that sits below the national median. One category explains it: burglary here runs at nearly five times the national middle, while violence and vandalism stay well below it. That is a targeted problem, not a general picture of insecurity.

The wealth & income pillar of 7.8 leans on property value, well above the median, and on a wide top income group. Social assistance is close to twice the national middle, so here too the figure is not equally strong throughout.

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no. 37 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Bomenbuurt-west a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bomenbuurt-west comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

19.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.9 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 49 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 573,000

Welfare recipients

14.6 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

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

11,753 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,363

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

0.5 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bomenbuurt-west has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,753 — 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 Bomenbuurt-west a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bomenbuurt-west comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Bomenbuurt-west?

In Bomenbuurt-west the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Bomenbuurt-west calculated?

Bomenbuurt-west scores 9.0 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 Bomenbuurt-west 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.