neighbourhood in Hillegom
Leidsestraat
1,070 residents · postal code 2182 · Part of Hillegom Zuid, Hillegom
Everything close by, little space
Of all the figures in Leidsestraat, the 2.8 for quiet & nature stands out, and it sits right next to a 9.6 for amenities. That is not a contradiction but the same cause twice over: living among the amenities means everything is within walking distance and you hear the traffic. Noise levels here are well above the national median and the tree canopy is thin.
The safety pillar sits at 8.5, but not on every component. Burglary here is almost three times the national figure, while violence and property crime stay clearly below it. For residents that is a concrete difference: the risk is at the front door, not on the street. The overall score of 9.3 puts this among the best ten per cent in the country, because four of the five pillars are high and only quiet & nature falls back sharply.
- no. 1,282 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 20 in Hillegom
How Leidsestraat scores
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Is Leidsestraat a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Leidsestraat comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Leidsestraat is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 16 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Leidsestraat looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,498 — 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 Leidsestraat a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Leidsestraat comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Leidsestraat is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Leidsestraat?
In Leidsestraat the police recorded 16 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Leidsestraat calculated?
Leidsestraat scores 9.3 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 Leidsestraat 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.
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