neighbourhood in Haarlem
Schoterveenpolder
1,730 residents · postal code 2023 · Part of Ter Kleefkwartier, Haarlem
Well-off, but not spacious
The 9.9 for wealth & income in Schoterveenpolder comes from every direction at once: property values are far above the national median, two in five households fall in the highest income group, and social assistance does not occur. That is rare — usually property value pulls such a figure up while the rest lags behind.
The flip side is the 2.9 for quiet & nature, and that is not down to greenery but to noise: traffic noise is six decibels above the national middle here, in a neighbourhood that is otherwise solidly built up.
The safety pillar trails the overall score at 6.7, and one type is responsible. Burglary occurs more than three times as often as in the median neighbourhood, while violence and property crime are below it. In a neighbourhood where half of households have children and the great majority of homes are owner-occupied, that is the figure worth knowing.
- no. 431 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 97 in Haarlem
How Schoterveenpolder scores
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Is Schoterveenpolder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schoterveenpolder comes out at 22 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.
In 2025, 51 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
Schoterveenpolder has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
51% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,370 — 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 Schoterveenpolder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schoterveenpolder comes out at 22 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 Schoterveenpolder?
In Schoterveenpolder the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Schoterveenpolder calculated?
Schoterveenpolder scores 9.8 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 Schoterveenpolder 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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