neighbourhood in Oegstgeest

Haaswijk-Oost

2,800 residents · postal code 2343 · Part of Oegstgeest Noord, Oegstgeest

Top 26% in the Netherlands

Well-off, schools and childcare further off

In Haaswijk-Oost the primary school is around the corner, and yet the families score stalls at a 5.4. That is unusual, since school distance is the heaviest component of the pillar. The answer lies in who lives here: more than a quarter of residents are sixty-five or older and the share of children sits clearly below the national picture. The facilities for families are there; the families themselves are thinner on the ground.

On safety one type stands out. Violence and theft sit well below the national middle, but burglary is four times as high. The total therefore stays under the median and the pillar comes out at a 7.6, but people living here notice the break-ins, not the favourable total.

The 6.4 for quiet & nature does not come from greenery, which is simply average, but from noise: it is measurably above the Dutch middle here. Water, by contrast, is plentiful, at a share many times that of an ordinary neighbourhood.

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no. 10 of 15 in Oegstgeest

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Is Haaswijk-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haaswijk-Oost comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.5 per 1,000

Property crime

4.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

4.6 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

2.4 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 519,000

Welfare recipients

10.7 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

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

5,403 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,775

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

31%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Haaswijk-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,403 — 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 Haaswijk-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haaswijk-Oost comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Haaswijk-Oost?

In Haaswijk-Oost the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Haaswijk-Oost calculated?

Haaswijk-Oost scores 8.1 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 Haaswijk-Oost 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.