neighbourhood in Haarlem
Natuurkundigenbuurt-west
1,305 residents · postal code 2014 · Part of Houtvaartkwartier, Haarlem
Everything for children close by, and little room
Noise in Natuurkundigenbuurt-west is almost eleven decibels above the national median, and in this neighbourhood that is the figure explaining everything. Greenery and tree canopy sit at or above the national level, and density is average for Haarlem — yet the quiet & nature pillar gets no further than 3.0.
Against that stand figures that leave little room for doubt. Violence is at not even half the median and burglary at a third of it, which yields a 9.4 for safety. The wealth & income pillar rests on property values well above the middle and a third of households on a high income, with no social assistance.
The primary school and the GP are both three hundred metres away, and almost four in ten households have children. Hence the 9.8 for families. Whoever lives here trades quiet for access, and in the figures that is a sharper trade than most urban neighbourhoods show.
- no. 166 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 97 in Haarlem
How Natuurkundigenbuurt-west scores
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Is Natuurkundigenbuurt-west a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Natuurkundigenbuurt-west comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Natuurkundigenbuurt-west is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 25 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
Natuurkundigenbuurt-west has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,129 — 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt-west a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Natuurkundigenbuurt-west comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Natuurkundigenbuurt-west is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Natuurkundigenbuurt-west?
In Natuurkundigenbuurt-west the police recorded 25 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt-west calculated?
Natuurkundigenbuurt-west scores 9.9 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt-west 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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