neighbourhood in Haarlem
Weltevredenbuurt
1,845 residents · postal code 2022 · Part of Indischewijk, Haarlem
Everything for children close by, and little room
With a 9.9 for families, Weltevredenbuurt is among the two hundred best-scoring neighbourhoods in the Netherlands on that pillar, and here it is exceptionally well founded: the primary school is two hundred metres away and almost four in ten households have children. Usually distance alone carries such a figure.
Set against that is one of the barest environments in the city. Within three hundred metres less than a quarter is green, and the tree canopy does not reach half of the national middle. That, plus the density, pushes quiet & nature down to 3.0.
The 5.7 for safety does not come from burglary — that hardly occurs here — but from property crime and vandalism, both above the national median. For residents that mainly means watching what is left outside, rather than the front door.
- no. 1,962 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 40 of 97 in Haarlem
How Weltevredenbuurt scores
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Is Weltevredenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Weltevredenbuurt comes out at 26 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, 64 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
Weltevredenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,738 — 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 Weltevredenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Weltevredenbuurt comes out at 26 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 Weltevredenbuurt?
In Weltevredenbuurt the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Weltevredenbuurt calculated?
Weltevredenbuurt scores 8.9 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 Weltevredenbuurt 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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