neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Aldlân-Oost

3,630 residents · postal code 8935 · Part of Aldlân & De Hemrik, Leeuwarden

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

School, supermarket and GP all stand five hundred metres away in Aldlân-Oost, and a third of households have children — together good for an 8.7 for families. The railway station is just over two kilometres out, well within cycling distance.

The crime rate sits almost exactly on the national median, but its composition differs: vandalism occurs one and a half times as often as nationally and burglary twice, while violence and theft stay below it. The wealth pillar is the weak spot, at 4.0. Property values lag well behind the national median and social assistance runs almost three times as high, while the share of households on a low income barely differs from the country's.

no. 6,128 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 21 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Aldlân-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aldlân-Oost comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

24.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

8.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 104 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 271,000

Welfare recipients

22.0 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

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

5,220 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,379

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Aldlân-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,220 — 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 Aldlân-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aldlân-Oost comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Aldlân-Oost?

In Aldlân-Oost the police recorded 104 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Aldlân-Oost calculated?

Aldlân-Oost scores 6.5 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 Aldlân-Oost 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.