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neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Jan van Scorelbuurt

1,800 residents · postal code 8932 · Part of Huizum-West, Leeuwarden

  • no. 12,533 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 88 of 111 in Leeuwarden

Scores per pillar

Cheap living: at €187,000 the housing value is the lowest in this set, and 60 per cent of households live alone. Amenities score 9.4, but that is where it ends — safety, housing and the social pillar all stay below 3.3. At 49 crimes per 1,000 people present, crime runs well above the median of 24. Owner-occupiers are rare, at 29 per cent, in this built-up Leeuwarden neighbourhood.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
1.1 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
0.8 km
Hospital
2.0 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
1.2 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
49.4
Violent crimes
1.4
Burglaries
1.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 187,000
Owner-occupied
29%
Single-family homes
51%
Built after 2000
5%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 12%25–45 40%45–65 23%65+ 10%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
24%
Single-person households
60%
Residents per km²
5,698

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Jan van Scorelbuurt calculated?

Jan van Scorelbuurt scores 2.8 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 Jan van Scorelbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Jan van Scorelbuurt scores 3.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (49.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.