neighbourhood in Haarlem

Kruidenbuurt

2,240 residents · postal code 2034 · Part of Europawijk, Haarlem

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Just over six per cent of Kruidenbuurt's residents receive social assistance, almost eight times the national middle. The share of high incomes stands at two thirds of the median and property values well below the middle; only vacancy remains limited. That makes the 3.6 for wealth & income.

The 8.7 for families is separate from all this and rests entirely on proximity: the primary school is three hundred metres away. Just over one in nine residents is under fifteen and more than half of households consist of one person — the pillar here measures mainly what stands round the corner.

The 2.8 for quiet & nature comes from the combination of nine thousand residents per square kilometre, greenery at just over two thirds of the national middle and no water. On safety, a 5.2, property crime is the engine: more than one and a half times the median, while burglary is almost absent.

no. 9,490 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 87 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Kruidenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kruidenbuurt comes out at 34 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

34.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

15.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 322,000

Welfare recipients

62.5 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

32%

Social housing

52%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

20%

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

9,191 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,689

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.3 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kruidenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,191 — 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 Kruidenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kruidenbuurt comes out at 34 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 Kruidenbuurt?

In Kruidenbuurt the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Kruidenbuurt calculated?

Kruidenbuurt scores 4.6 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 Kruidenbuurt 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.