neighbourhood in Leeuwarden
Bilgaard
6,355 residents · postal code 8918 · Part of Bilgaard & Havankpark e.o., Leeuwarden
- no. 12,726 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 92 of 111 in Leeuwarden
Scores per pillar
Bilgaard is postwar Leeuwarden with plenty of social housing: only 23 percent of homes are owner-occupied and 57 percent of households are one-person. Amenities are in order at 8.0, but that is largely where the good news ends: safety (3.4), social cohesion (2.6) and housing (3.3) stay low, with almost 38 crimes per 1,000 residents. The average home value of €202,000 is among the lowest here.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
Nearby neighbourhoods
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Transvaalwijk
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Bilgaard calculated?
Bilgaard scores 2.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Bilgaard a safe neighbourhood?
Bilgaard scores 3.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (37.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.