Best bike locks in Den Haag 2026

The Hague records around 4,000 bike thefts a year, with clear hotspots: near Den Haag Centraal and HS, on Grote Marktstraat, Spui and around the Binnenhof. In Scheveningen thefts peak in summer when tourists and day-trippers leave their bikes unattended at the boulevard. Since 2021 the municipality has deployed bike parking stewards in the centre and has guarded facilities at Centraal (free), HS and on Grote Marktstraat. Insurers like Aegon and a.s.r. require ART-3 as standard for e-bikes in postcodes 2511 through 2518. Bikes belonging to civil servants, diplomats and international organisations are specifically scanned for around the Peace Palace and the ministries quarter — always use two locks here, at least one of which ART-3. In Statenkwartier and Bezuidenhout theft is lower but not absent, and in the south-west (Moerwijk, Morgenstond) there are neighbourhoods where the mere sight of an e-bike creates a target. Abus Granit and Kryptonite New York are the favourites.