neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Cambuursterpad

1,960 residents · postal code 8921 · Part of Oud-Oost, Leeuwarden

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Few places in the Netherlands are as close to everything as Cambuursterpad: supermarket, GP and restaurant are within half a kilometre, which produces a 9.8 for amenities. That very compactness pushes the quiet & nature pillar down to a 2.6 — more than ten thousand residents per square kilometre, little greenery around and no water nearby.

On safety, burglary is the striking figure: recorded more than three times as often as nationally, while violence stays below the national median. Vandalism and theft are above it. The picture behind the 3.7 is therefore more one of possessions disappearing than of street violence. On wealth & income only the incomes and social assistance depart from the national median; vacancy sits exactly on it.

no. 11,716 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 70 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Cambuursterpad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cambuursterpad comes out at 33 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

33.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 84 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 204,000

Welfare recipients

71.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

12%

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

10,192 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

20%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,583

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

0.6 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Cambuursterpad has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,192 — 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 Cambuursterpad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cambuursterpad comes out at 33 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 Cambuursterpad?

In Cambuursterpad the police recorded 84 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Cambuursterpad calculated?

Cambuursterpad scores 3.3 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 Cambuursterpad 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.