City Travel Stats

The Hague

Netherlands · Europe

89Safety indexLower concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
52.07°, 4.30°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

The Hague scores 89 out of 100, safer than about 62% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 1.36 per 100,000, near 0.8 times the median we track, though that figure covers the wider municipality and pools more than a single year. Recorded robbery is 36.9 per 100,000, also a municipality figure, calculated by us from a count and a population, and drawn from police records that undercount, so the real level is higher. The governments we track split: the US and Canada set the Netherlands at their second advisory level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia hold it at their lowest. All advisories flag pickpocketing and scams. We have no resident perception survey for The Hague.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime3
Robbery & theft7
Travel advisory33
The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)
1.36/100k
Five-year pooled figure (2020–2024): the rate is the 2020–2024 average annual victims per 100,000, and the count is the 2020–2024 total. CBS pools the three largest cities over five years to stabilise small annual numbers — do not read it as a single-year (2024) rate.
Figure is for 's-Gravenhage (gemeente) (municipality), wider than The Hague itself.

Primary source: CBS (Statistics Netherlands) — Slachtoffers moord en doodslag 2024 (maatwerk)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 57% of tracked cities
1.36/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
36.9/100k
Police-recorded robbery (straatroof + overval) undercounts true incidence — a share of robberies go unreported. Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for 's-Gravenhage (gemeente) (municipality), wider than The Hague itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 209 (count, 2024) ÷ 566221 population (CBS — Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand (37230ned), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Politie / CBS — Geregistreerde misdrijven; soort misdrijf, gemeente (table 47013NED)

Where this sits on the scaleLow
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 73% of tracked cities
36.9/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Netherlands Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Netherlands Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Netherlands travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Netherlands travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.
Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area
National survey
16.7%report a problem
16.7% of people surveyed · Netherlands · 2023
Survey figure is for Netherlands (country), wider than The Hague itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.
Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories
3 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Netherlands travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
3 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Netherlands travel advice (Safety and security)