The districts of Wassenaar

Wassenaar has 27,515 residents (2026), spread across 3 districts and 22 neighbourhoods.

Top 27% of the Netherlands

Spacious, but safety lags

Wassenaar comes out at 8.0 as a municipality — better than 73% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 7.6; safety holds it back at 5.9. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in De Paauw (10.0), the lowest in Kerkehout (3.6). That is 6.4 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 27,515
districts: 3
neighbourhoods: 22
km² of land: 51.2

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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

27.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,087 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

4.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 768,687

Welfare recipients

13.8 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

Built after 2000

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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

4,422 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

67%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,492

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.8 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

The age profile of Wassenaar looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,417 — 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 Wassenaar, weighted by population.