neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer

Halfweg

2,515 residents · postal code 1165 · Part of Halfweg, Haarlemmermeer

Bottom 39% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

In Halfweg the safety score turns on a single category: theft is recorded more than twice as often as nationally, while burglary and vandalism stay closer to the Dutch middle and violence sits just above it. A 3.7 for safety here is therefore mainly about what goes missing.

The 6.5 for quiet & nature is the surprise. Noise levels are considerably above the median, but water covers a sixth of the neighbourhood and the population density is modest; those two offset the noise. Wealth & income comes out at 6.4 and that figure is mixed: the property value is above the national middle and relatively many higher incomes live here, while social assistance is claimed more often than average and vacancy is higher than is usual nationally.

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no. 55 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer

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Is Halfweg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Halfweg comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Halfweg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

38.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

21.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 146 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

7.5 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 473,000

Welfare recipients

11.9 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

66%

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

4,136 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

16%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,059

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.8 km

Secondary school

5.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Halfweg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,136 — 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 Halfweg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Halfweg comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Halfweg 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 Halfweg?

In Halfweg the police recorded 146 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Halfweg calculated?

Halfweg scores 5.4 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 Halfweg 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.