neighbourhood in Oegstgeest

Haaswijk-West

1,850 residents · postal code 2343 · Part of Oegstgeest Noord, Oegstgeest

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Social assistance in Haaswijk-West is more than three times above the national median, while the share of high incomes and property values are above it. Those two signals point in opposite directions, which makes the 7.2 for wealth & income an average across groups with little in common.

Safety stands better than the national picture, at 8.0, with only vandalism above the national figure. Quiet & nature hangs at 5.0, and that comes not from greenery — which is around the national median here — but from noise, which sits almost four decibels above it. For the families pillar the distances are favourable, with school, supermarket and GP all seven hundred metres away, but the share of over-65s keeps the score at 7.5.

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Is Haaswijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haaswijk-West comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Haaswijk-West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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

15.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

4.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 28 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

4.3 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 500,000

Welfare recipients

27.0 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

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

6,766 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,660

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

38%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Haaswijk-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,766 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Haaswijk-West?

In Haaswijk-West the police recorded 28 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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-West calculated?

Haaswijk-West scores 8.5 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-West 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.