neighbourhood in Haarlem

Zuiderpolder-noord

1,740 residents · postal code 2033 · Part of Parkwijk, Haarlem

Bottom 35% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Zuiderpolder-noord scores a 4.1 for safety, while the total number of reported offences sits only a fraction above the national middle. The explanation lies in the breakdown: vandalism and burglary occur here about twice as often as in the median neighbourhood, and those are precisely the two types that weigh heavily in this pillar. Property crime, by contrast, lags behind.

The second striking point is distance. Both the supermarket and the GP are more than a kilometre away, unusually far for a neighbourhood inside the city, and that pushes the amenities pillar down to a 6.8. The primary school is close by, which keeps the families score up.

Wealth & income, meanwhile, is in decent shape: property values are above the national median and the share of low incomes below it, while social assistance comes out slightly higher. The 6.5 on that pillar is the calmest figure in the neighbourhood.

no. 8,514 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 84 of 97 in Haarlem

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Is Zuiderpolder-noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiderpolder-noord comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

27.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

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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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.3 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 431,000

Welfare recipients

11.5 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

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

7,740 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,779

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

0.7 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zuiderpolder-noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,740 — 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 Zuiderpolder-noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiderpolder-noord comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Zuiderpolder-noord?

In Zuiderpolder-noord the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Zuiderpolder-noord calculated?

Zuiderpolder-noord scores 5.1 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 Zuiderpolder-noord 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.