check je wijk.

neighbourhood in 's-Gravenhage

Kortenbos

7,850 residents · postal code 2513 · Part of Centrum, 's-Gravenhage

  • no. 10,799 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 71 of 110 in 's-Gravenhage

Scores per pillar

Kortenbos records 87 offences per thousand residents, more than three times the national middle, dragging its safety grade down to 2.7. That is the price of a central Hague address: amenities meanwhile score 9.7. More than six in ten households are single people, owner-occupied homes are scarce at 27 percent and single-family houses almost non-existent. This is dense urban living, with everything that comes with it.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.2 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
87.2
Violent crimes
5.8
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 346,000
Owner-occupied
27%
Single-family homes
6%
Built after 2000
5%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 14%25–45 37%45–65 24%65+ 14%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
17%
Single-person households
62%
Residents per km²
12,985

Nearby neighbourhoods

Similar neighbourhoods

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Kortenbos calculated?

Kortenbos scores 3.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Kortenbos a safe neighbourhood?

Kortenbos scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (87.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.