neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Goutum

3,435 residents · postal code 9084 · Part of Goutum, Leeuwarden

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Goutum is the mirror image of the average urban neighbourhood: high on wealth, safety and families, low on accessibility. The amenities pillar comes out at 4.7, and that is not down to one missing facility. The GP is almost three kilometres away, the nearest restaurant more than two, and even the supermarket lies beyond walking distance.

The families pillar nevertheless reaches 8.0, and that is no contradiction. Supermarket and GP belong to the amenities pillar, not to families; what counts there is the primary school, and that is eight hundred metres away. Add to it a high share of households with children.

The wealth & income pillar is strong across the board. Property values are above the Dutch median, almost three in ten households have a high income, and both the social assistance rate and vacancy are far below the national middle.

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no. 7 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Goutum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Goutum comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Goutum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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

11.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 40 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

1.2 km

GP practice

2.8 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

2.3 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

3.7 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

€ 452,000

Welfare recipients

2.9 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

92%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

98%

Built after 2000

31%

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

2,434 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

922

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

0.8 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Goutum has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,434 — around the 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 Goutum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Goutum comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Goutum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Goutum?

In Goutum the police recorded 40 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Goutum calculated?

Goutum scores 8.6 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 Goutum 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.