neighbourhood in Haarlem

Geleerdenbuurt

2,730 residents · postal code 2035 · Part of Boerhaavewijk, Haarlem

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

With a 9.9 for families, the Geleerdenbuurt ranks among the hundred highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country on that pillar. The primary school is three hundred metres away, more than four in ten households have children and a fifth of residents are under fifteen. Distance and age profile reinforce each other here, and that is rarer than it seems.

At the same time the social assistance rate is a multiple of the national figure, and that is why wealth & income stops at a 4.3 despite a property value close to the national median and a vacancy rate far below it. Children and tight budgets live in the same streets here.

On safety only theft is somewhat above the national middle; burglary barely occurs. The railway station is almost four kilometres away, by far the longest of the measured distances.

no. 4,069 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Geleerdenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Geleerdenbuurt comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

27.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 92 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.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

3.9 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 391,000

Welfare recipients

51.3 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

59%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

43%

Built after 2000

18%

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

11,232 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,187

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Geleerdenbuurt 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%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,232 — 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 Geleerdenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Geleerdenbuurt comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Geleerdenbuurt?

In Geleerdenbuurt the police recorded 92 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Geleerdenbuurt calculated?

Geleerdenbuurt scores 7.7 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 Geleerdenbuurt 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.