neighbourhood in Haarlem

Ramplaankwartier

2,700 residents · postal code 2015 · Part of Duinwijk, Haarlem

Top 1% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, nothing that lets it down

An overall score of 10.0 does not mean every component is perfect, and Ramplaankwartier shows exactly where the slack is. Four pillars stand high, but quiet & nature lags behind with a 6.9 — and that is striking, because noise levels here are below the national middle and there is more than twice as much tree canopy above the streets as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. It is the building density that pulls the score down: this is a densely built part of Haarlem, not open country with a lot of trees.

The second deviation is in the crime figures. The total number of reported offences is below the national median, and burglary and property crime sit well under it, but criminal damage is above. Violence lands exactly on the national middle. Anyone who sees the 7.4 for safety and pictures unsafe streets is looking at the wrong category: what happens here is mostly damage to things in public space.

no. 65 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Ramplaankwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ramplaankwartier comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 70 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 717,000

Welfare recipients

3.7 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

92%

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

7,930 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

67%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,328

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.5 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ramplaankwartier has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4515%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,930 — 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 Ramplaankwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ramplaankwartier comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Ramplaankwartier?

In Ramplaankwartier the police recorded 70 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Ramplaankwartier calculated?

Ramplaankwartier scores 10.0 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 Ramplaankwartier 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.