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neighbourhood in 's-Gravenhage

Oud Scheveningen

2,925 residents · postal code 2584 · Part of Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage

  • no. 10,222 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 66 of 110 in 's-Gravenhage

Scores per pillar

Oud Scheveningen is the historic core of The Hague's fishing quarter, densely built just behind the coast with plenty of stacked housing and 54 per cent living alone. Amenities score 7.7. Greenery (2.6) and housing (3.5) lag, striking for a district so close to the sea. Safety comes to 4.9 at 26 crimes per 1,000 people present, around the median; the station lies just over five kilometres away and the total reaches 4.1.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
1.4 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
5.3 km
Hospital
4.6 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
26.0
Violent crimes
2.1
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 360,000
Owner-occupied
46%
Single-family homes
23%
Built after 2000
5%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 9%25–45 30%45–65 28%65+ 19%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
25%
Single-person households
54%
Residents per km²
9,911

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Oud Scheveningen calculated?

Oud Scheveningen scores 4.1 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 Oud Scheveningen a safe neighbourhood?

Oud Scheveningen scores 4.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.