neighbourhood in Schiedam

Harga

1,800 residents · postal code 3118 · Part of Kethel, Schiedam

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Harga is new and prosperous: every home was built after 2000, the property value is well above the national median, the share of households on a high income is above the national picture and social assistance does not occur. Hence the 9.4 for wealth & income. It is also a markedly young neighbourhood: seven in ten households have children and the share of older residents is small.

That the families score stops at 7.3 rather than going higher is down to distance: the primary school is two kilometres away, and school distance is close to a third of that pillar.

The most striking figure is the 3.4 for safety. Reported offences are well above the national median, and that shows up in theft, violence and vandalism at once. Only burglary stays below. For anyone moving here that is the figure to look at, because it is the only one sharply out of step.

no. 7,172 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 60 in Schiedam

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Is Harga a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Harga comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Harga is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

52.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

15.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 140 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

1.9 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

1.8 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 578,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

38%

Low incomes

22%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

82%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

100%

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

2,966 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,245

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

2.0 km

Households with children

70%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

33%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Harga has strikingly many children under 15: 33%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1533%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+4%
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
3.2 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
11% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
70% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,966 — 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 Harga a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Harga comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Harga is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Harga?

In Harga the police recorded 140 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Harga calculated?

Harga scores 5.9 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 Harga 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.