neighbourhood in Katwijk

Kleipetten

2,680 residents · postal code 2231 · Part of Rijnsburg, Katwijk

Top 2% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Four of the five pillars stand high in Kleipetten, and the fifth explains what kind of neighbourhood this is. Quiet & nature sticks at 4.7: the share of green within three hundred metres is far below the Dutch median and there is less tree canopy than is usual nationally, while noise levels sit slightly below the middle. So this is compactly built Rijnsburg, not a loud place.

The wealth & income pillar is strong across its full width: property value is far above the Dutch median, the top income group is wider than nationally, the bottom one narrower, and both social assistance and vacancy are below the middle. The crime picture is just as unambiguous — violence, burglary, property crime and criminal damage are all four below the Dutch median. What that costs shows up in amenities: the station is more than five kilometres away and the supermarket a good kilometre.

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no. 1 of 37 in Katwijk

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Is Kleipetten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kleipetten comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kleipetten is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

9.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

2.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 23 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 585,000

Welfare recipients

3.7 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

91%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

39%

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

6,356 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

34%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,536

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.5 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kleipetten has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,356 — 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 Kleipetten a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Kleipetten?

In Kleipetten the police recorded 23 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Kleipetten calculated?

Kleipetten scores 9.9 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 Kleipetten 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.