neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Bilgaard

6,355 residents · postal code 8918 · Part of Bilgaard & Havankpark e.o., Leeuwarden

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

With a 3.2 for safety you want to know where it comes from, and in Bilgaard the answer is: from all sides at once. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four lie above the national middle, the theft almost at double. There is not a single type to point to that pulls the figure down on its own; they do it together.

The wealth pillar does point one way and with a 2.7 yields the lowest figure of the neighbourhood. The property value there is less than half the national one, earners at the top end are rare and the social assistance level is many times higher than usual. Against that stands the quiet: in a densely populated neighbourhood like this you would expect noise, but the noise level stays below the median and the tree canopy reaches further than in the average Dutch neighbourhood — enough for a 6.3.

no. 11,489 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 65 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Bilgaard a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bilgaard comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bilgaard is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

37.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

17.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 289 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

0.8 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 202,000

Welfare recipients

118.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

60%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

23%

Social housing

70%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

39%

Built after 2000

17%

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

7,334 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,575

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 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

0.4 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Bilgaard looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,334 — 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 Bilgaard a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bilgaard comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bilgaard is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Bilgaard?

In Bilgaard the police recorded 289 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Bilgaard calculated?

Bilgaard scores 3.4 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 Bilgaard 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.