neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Achter de Hoven

2,385 residents · postal code 8933 · Part of Potmargezone, Leeuwarden

Bottom 5% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Property crime occurs less often in Achter de Hoven than in the median Dutch neighbourhood, and yet there is a 3.3 for safety. The explanation lies in two other types: burglary is reported four times as often here as nationally and vandalism more than three times. That is the reverse of the city-centre profile, where it is the belongings on the street that disappear.

Property value stays far below the national median and the social assistance rate is nine times above it. Every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way; the 2.7 that comes out is therefore no accidental result.

The primary school is more than one and a half kilometres away. Most households here consist of one person, so that does not affect everyone, but it does keep the families pillar low.

no. 12,503 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 86 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Achter de Hoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Achter de Hoven comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

35.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.4 per 1,000

Property crime

8.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 106 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.

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

3.6 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

€ 209,000

Welfare recipients

71.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

Built after 2000

16%

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

5,699 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,155

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.6 km

Households with children

19%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Achter de Hoven has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,699 — 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 Achter de Hoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Achter de Hoven comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Achter de Hoven?

In Achter de Hoven the police recorded 106 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Achter de Hoven calculated?

Achter de Hoven scores 2.8 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 Achter de Hoven 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.