neighbourhood in Haarlem

Hondsbos-Dever

1,480 residents · postal code 2036 · Part of Molenwijk, Haarlem

Bottom 34% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The total number of reported offences in Hondsbos-Dever sits practically at the national middle, and yet the neighbourhood scores a 4.5 for safety. The breakdown explains it: violence and vandalism occur clearly more often than average here, and those are the most heavily weighted components of that pillar. Property crime, by contrast, lags far behind — the reverse of what you expect in an urban neighbourhood.

The second oddity is in the housing. More than eight in ten homes are single-family, but only a quarter are owner-occupied; that is an unusual ratio. Combined with property values just above the national median, it keeps the wealth & income pillar at 5.2.

The residents are old: a third are 65 or older and the share of children is below the national middle. With a primary school seven hundred metres away, that produces a 6.0 for families — the distance holds the figure up, the age structure pushes it down.

no. 8,648 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 85 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Hondsbos-Dever a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hondsbos-Dever comes out at 24 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.

Total crime

24.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

4.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 43 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 443,000

Welfare recipients

20.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

74%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

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

5,842 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,854

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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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Families

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

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hondsbos-Dever has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+35%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,842 — 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 Hondsbos-Dever a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hondsbos-Dever comes out at 24 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 Hondsbos-Dever?

In Hondsbos-Dever the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Hondsbos-Dever calculated?

Hondsbos-Dever scores 5.0 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 Hondsbos-Dever 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.