neighbourhood in Haarlem

Waddenbuurt

1,795 residents · postal code 2036 · Part of Molenwijk, Haarlem

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Waddenbuurt combines an 8.4 for safety with a 3.0 for wealth & income, and that second figure stands firm. Property values are far below the national median, social assistance many times above it, and both the high and the low income group point the same way. Not one component contradicts the others.

Safety, by contrast, is good across the board: violence, burglary and property crime are all three below the national middle. Only vandalism comes out clearly above — often the first thing noticed in public space, and here the only one.

One last thing the table does not explain: the tree canopy is almost twice as dense as nationally, and still the quiet & nature pillar stays at 3.5. With more than eleven thousand residents per square kilometre and traffic noise above the median, the trees do not outweigh the rest.

no. 6,595 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 69 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Waddenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waddenbuurt comes out at 25 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.

Total crime

25.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 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

0.3 km

Train station

3.9 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 263,000

Welfare recipients

61.3 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

35%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

11,483 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,624

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

0.8 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Waddenbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,483 — 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 Waddenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waddenbuurt comes out at 25 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 Waddenbuurt?

In Waddenbuurt the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Waddenbuurt calculated?

Waddenbuurt scores 6.2 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 Waddenbuurt 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.