neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Heechterp

1,740 residents · postal code 8924 · Part of Heechterp & Schieringen, Leeuwarden

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Many times the national median: that is how much higher the rate of social assistance is in Heechterp. Against it stands a property value of a little over a third of the national median, and two in three households fall into the lowest income group. That the wealth & income score comes out at 2.6 is no surprise; that vacancy is below the national median is.

The 2.5 for safety is the bottom of the scale. Theft is recorded here five times as often as nationally and violence is far above the median too; not one offence type stays below it. Yet the neighbourhood is spaciously laid out — fewer people live per square kilometre than in many urban districts and there is more greenery around than the picture suggests, which keeps quiet & nature at a 5.5.

no. 12,287 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 82 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Heechterp a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

86.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

45.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

9.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 208 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

0.9 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 151,000

Welfare recipients

201.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

66%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

10%

Social housing

87%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

22%

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

3,075 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,585

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

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Heechterp has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
64% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,075 — 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 Heechterp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heechterp comes out at 86 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Heechterp 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 Heechterp?

In Heechterp the police recorded 208 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (86 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 Heechterp calculated?

Heechterp scores 3.0 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 Heechterp 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.