neighbourhood in Haarlem
Dietsveld
1,450 residents · postal code 2025 · Part of Vogelenwijk, Haarlem
Everything for children close by, and little room
In Dietsveld nearly every home is owner-occupied and social assistance does not occur; with property values well above the national median, that produces a 9.7 for wealth & income. Figures like that almost always hang on property value alone — here the incomes pull their weight just as much.
The weak spot is quiet & nature, at 3.3. The tree canopy does not even reach two thirds of the national middle and traffic noise is well above it; there is greenery nearby, but less than average.
With safety it pays to look beneath the score. Violence hardly occurs here, but burglary and vandalism are both above the national median, and that keeps the pillar at 6.8 in a neighbourhood that scores high everywhere else. The station, just over three kilometres away, is the only thing holding back accessibility.
- no. 284 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 14 of 97 in Haarlem
How Dietsveld scores
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Is Dietsveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dietsveld comes out at 19 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, 30 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
Dietsveld has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,718 — 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 Dietsveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dietsveld comes out at 19 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 Dietsveld?
In Dietsveld the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Dietsveld calculated?
Dietsveld scores 9.8 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 Dietsveld 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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