neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
De Lanen
2,310 residents · postal code 5245 · Part of De Groote Wielen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Well-off, and well out of town
In De Lanen two thirds of households are families with children. Even so, the families figure stalls at 7.2, and that is down to distance: the primary school is one and a half kilometres away, and school distance weighs more heavily in that pillar than the share of children itself.
The same distances explain the 4.8 for amenities — the GP is more than two kilometres away, and the supermarket and restaurant are hardly round the corner either. Against that stands an 8.8 for safety, with all four offence types below the national median, and a wealth & income pillar resting on property values well above the median and a broad top income group. Anyone moving here trades walking distance for a safe and well-off setting; everything outside the door needs a bike or a car.
- no. 2,839 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 27 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How De Lanen scores
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Is De Lanen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Lanen comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Lanen 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.
In 2025, 36 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
De Lanen has strikingly many children under 15: 32%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1532%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4540%
NL median 22%
- 45–6517%
NL median 28%
- 65+3%
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
3.0 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
67% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,097 — 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 De Lanen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Lanen comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Lanen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Lanen?
In De Lanen the police recorded 36 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 De Lanen calculated?
De Lanen scores 8.4 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 De Lanen 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.
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