neighbourhood in Heemstede

Geleerdenbuurt

1,820 residents · postal code 2105 · Part of Heemstede-Centrum, Heemstede

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and comfortable across the board

Four in ten residents of Geleerdenbuurt are 65 or older and only a fifth of households have children. Even so, the neighbourhood scores an 8.1 for families, and that figure measures something other than its name suggests: the primary school is three hundred metres away, and school and childcare distance form the centre of gravity of the pillar.

Wealth & income is firmly founded. Property values are well above the national median, more than a quarter of households fall in the highest income group and social assistance does not occur. That makes the 8.9 a broad figure rather than an outlier on one component.

With safety one type stands out: burglary occurs more than twice as often as in the median neighbourhood, while violence, vandalism and property crime are all three below the national middle. That is the pattern of a green, prosperous neighbourhood — and it is exactly what explains the 6.5.

no. 970 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 14 in Heemstede

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Is Geleerdenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Geleerdenbuurt comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

17.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 35 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

0.3 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

5.1 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 554,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

Built after 2000

11%

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

5,696 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

71%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,831

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.3 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Geleerdenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+39%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,696 — 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is Geleerdenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Geleerdenbuurt comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Geleerdenbuurt?

In Geleerdenbuurt the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Geleerdenbuurt calculated?

Geleerdenbuurt scores 9.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Geleerdenbuurt lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.