neighbourhood in Haarlem
Bosch en Vaart
2,130 residents · postal code 2012 · Part of Haarlemmerhoutkwartier, Haarlem
Well-off, and comfortable across the board
A property value more than twice the national median sets the tone in Bosch en Vaart, and that value is by far the heaviest component of the wealth & income pillar. Hence the 9.2, supported by a share of high incomes exceeding double the national median.
One component points the other way: vacancy is above the national median. In a neighbourhood with these prices that is more striking than the figure itself, since vacancy usually goes with a weak housing market.
The weakest spot is quiet & nature, at 6.5 — not bad, but the sound level is well above the national median and the green within three hundred metres just below it. Only the tree canopy stands out. For a neighbourhood that, with an overall score of 9.9, ranks among the two hundred highest in the Netherlands, that is the only real concession.
- no. 176 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 97 in Haarlem
How Bosch en Vaart scores
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Is Bosch en Vaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosch en Vaart 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.
In 2025, 62 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
Bosch en Vaart has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4517%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,598 — 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 Bosch en Vaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosch en Vaart 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 Bosch en Vaart?
In Bosch en Vaart the police recorded 62 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 Bosch en Vaart calculated?
Bosch en Vaart scores 9.9 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 Bosch en Vaart 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Haarlem
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Haarlem.
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