neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Alde Leie

235 residents · postal code 9071 · Part of Stiens e.o., Leeuwarden

Bottom 2% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

A restaurant three hundred metres away and a supermarket at almost five kilometres: in Alde Leie the amenities are curiously distributed, and the pillar comes out at a 3.3. For the primary school you have to go more than two kilometres, and that is the main reason families gets no further than a 2.7 here.

Quiet it certainly is. The measured noise level is clearly below the national median, which together with plenty of greenery and few residents per square kilometre produces a 7.7 for quiet & nature. The tree canopy, by contrast, is thin: open land with little tall planting. Among the offences the total is below the national median, though violence and burglary are above it — with just over two hundred residents that comes down to a few records a year.

no. 12,834 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 105 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Alde Leie a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Alde Leie comes out at 22 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

21.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

8.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 3 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

4.7 km

GP practice

3.2 km

Train station

13.4 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

14.7 km

Café

5.3 km

Library

4.8 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

€ 288,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

86%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

Built after 2000

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

189 inw/km²

Noise level

42 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

Fine particles (PM2.5)

5.9 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

2.4 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

2.1 km

Secondary school

5.9 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Alde Leie has strikingly few children under 15: 8%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6537%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
189 — far less 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 Alde Leie a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Alde Leie comes out at 22 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 Alde Leie?

In Alde Leie the police recorded 3 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Alde Leie calculated?

Alde Leie scores 2.6 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 Alde Leie 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.