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neighbourhood in Haarlem

De Burgen

1,850 residents · postal code 2036 · Part of Molenwijk, Haarlem

  • no. 5,890 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 69 of 97 in Haarlem

Scores per pillar

De Burgen in Haarlem's Molenwijk is a curiosity: fully stacked yet 90 percent owner-occupied — privately held flats, mostly from the seventies. Socio-economically the area scores 8.1. The supermarket sits 500 metres away and the river Spaarne is around the corner. Average value: €339k. Overall: 6.6.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
2.1 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
4.2 km
Hospital
2.7 km
Restaurant
0.9 km
Café
1.2 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
26.2
Violent crimes
1.6
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 339,000
Owner-occupied
90%
Single-family homes
0%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 8%25–45 30%45–65 26%65+ 25%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
22%
Single-person households
53%
Residents per km²
12,282

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for De Burgen calculated?

De Burgen scores 6.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is De Burgen a safe neighbourhood?

De Burgen scores 4.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.