neighbourhood in Haarlem
Generaalsbuurt
2,040 residents · postal code 2021 · Part of Transvaalwijk, Haarlem
Everything close by, little space
With almost twenty thousand residents per square kilometre, the Generaalsbuurt is among the most densely populated parts of Haarlem, and that is what explains the 2.9 for quiet & nature: green in the surroundings does not even reach sixty per cent of the national median and there is no surface water. Crime plays no part in it, because it is not in this pillar.
Where crime does sit is a figure of 6.3, and its composition is striking: more than half of all reports are property crime, while violence, burglary and vandalism are all three at or below the national median. Things go missing here more often than average, but that is not the same as an unsafe evening. On wealth & income, a 6.4, the components diverge: a favourable income distribution, property value just below the median and a vacancy rate above it.
- no. 5,091 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 59 of 97 in Haarlem
How Generaalsbuurt scores
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Is Generaalsbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Generaalsbuurt comes out at 30 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.
In 2025, 98 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
Generaalsbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4543%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
19,503 — 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 Generaalsbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Generaalsbuurt comes out at 30 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 Generaalsbuurt?
In Generaalsbuurt the police recorded 98 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Generaalsbuurt calculated?
Generaalsbuurt scores 7.1 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 Generaalsbuurt 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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