The districts of Den Haag

Den Haag has 568,925 residents (2026), spread across 45 districts and 115 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 41% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

As a municipality, Den Haag sits at 5.5, better than 40% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Amenities lift that grade with 8.5; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Van Hoytemastraat e.o. (9.8), the lowest in Laakhaven-Oost (2.7). That is 7.1 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 568,925
districts: 45
neighbourhoods: 115
km² of land: 82.5

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

42.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

18.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 39,020 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 386,661

Welfare recipients

38.7 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

24%

Built after 2000

22%

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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

11,983 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,013

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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.

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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

0.6 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

Den Haag has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,982 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Den Haag, weighted by population.