neighbourhood in Haarlem
De Burgen
1,850 residents · postal code 2036 · Part of Molenwijk, Haarlem
Everything close by, safety lags
In De Burgen nine in ten homes are owner-occupied and there is not a single single-family house — a combination that occurs rarely in the Netherlands. Despite that ownership, property values stay below the national median, which is why the wealth & income pillar sticks at 6.3 rather than coming out higher.
With safety the pattern is unusual in the other direction. The total number of reported offences is only just above the national middle, but all four measured types — violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism — are above it, every one. So no single type explains the 4.5 on its own; it is the sum.
Residents mostly live alone and are old: more than half of households consist of one person and a quarter are 65 or older. With a share of children far below the national middle, only the short school distance still keeps the families score at 6.9.
- no. 4,810 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 56 of 97 in Haarlem
How De Burgen scores
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Is De Burgen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Burgen comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 65 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
De Burgen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,282 — 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 De Burgen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Burgen comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Burgen?
In De Burgen the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 De Burgen calculated?
De Burgen scores 7.2 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 De Burgen 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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