The districts of Haarlem

Haarlem has 168,770 residents (2026), spread across 21 districts and 111 neighbourhoods.

Top 33% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Haarlem averages 7.6, which puts the municipality above 67% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 9.0; quiet and nature hold it back at 3.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Zuiderhout (10.0), the lowest in Waarderpolder (2.8). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 168,770
districts: 21
neighbourhoods: 111
km² of land: 29.2

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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

33.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

15.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 9,167 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 513,176

Welfare recipients

20.8 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

51%

Built after 2000

13%

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

10,429 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,688

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.5 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,413 — 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 Haarlem, weighted by population.