neighbourhood in Haarlem

Vijfhoek

3,390 residents · postal code 2011 · Part of Oude Stad, Haarlem

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Vijfhoek in Haarlem has the highest possible amenities score and the lowest quiet & nature figure in this district, and both stem from the same fabric: fourteen thousand residents per square kilometre, restaurants a hundred metres away and greenery at about a third of the Dutch middle.

The number of reported offences is almost four times the national median and consists more than two thirds of property crime. Burglary is actually below the middle. That is the pattern of an old core visited by many who do not live there — the risk is in the street, not behind the front door.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 7.9 and could have been higher. Property values well above the median, a third of households on a high income, few on a low one, and a social assistance rate below the national middle — but vacancy is double it.

no. 6,801 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 70 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Vijfhoek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vijfhoek comes out at 91 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vijfhoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

90.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

62.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 586 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

0.3 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 542,000

Welfare recipients

5.9 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

Built after 2000

13%

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

14,043 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

19%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,791

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.9 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vijfhoek has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,043 — 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 Vijfhoek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vijfhoek comes out at 91 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vijfhoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Vijfhoek?

In Vijfhoek the police recorded 586 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (91 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 Vijfhoek calculated?

Vijfhoek scores 6.1 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 Vijfhoek 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.