neighbourhood in Wassenaar
Dorp Wassenaar
2,920 residents · postal code 2242 · Part of Noordoostelijk deel der gemeente, Wassenaar
Everything close by, safety lags
The tree canopy in Dorp Wassenaar covers more than twice the area usual nationally, and that in a neighbourhood with nearly six thousand residents per square kilometre. Trees and density go together here, which explains the 6.3 for quiet & nature at a noise level sitting exactly on the national median.
Wealth & income gives a more mixed picture than the high property value suggests. That value is well above the national median and so is the share of higher incomes, but the share of lower incomes sits exactly at the national level, the social assistance rate above it, and vacancy at more than double. What remains is a 6.4.
Among reported offences, criminal damage is the only type below the national median; property crime is well above. Almost a third of residents have passed sixty-five, and the supermarket is four hundred metres away.
- no. 3,699 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 19 in Wassenaar
How Dorp Wassenaar scores
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Is Dorp Wassenaar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dorp Wassenaar comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 135 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
Dorp Wassenaar has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,810 — 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 Dorp Wassenaar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dorp Wassenaar comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Dorp Wassenaar?
In Dorp Wassenaar the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Dorp Wassenaar calculated?
Dorp Wassenaar scores 7.9 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 Dorp Wassenaar 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wassenaar.
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