neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Nijlân

3,875 residents · postal code 8931 · Part of Nijlân & De Zwette, Leeuwarden

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Nijlân has the rare property that every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way, and it is the wrong way. Property values are less than half the Dutch median, the share of high incomes is a fraction of the national figure, the share of low incomes runs well above it, so does vacancy, and the number of social assistance claims per thousand residents is nearly eight times the national level. A 2.6 with no mitigating circumstance.

That amenities stand at an 8.8 here is not a contradiction but an explanation: supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within half a kilometre and the station under two. Anyone living here is close to everything.

The 7.1 for families says little about the number of children in Nijlân. Six in ten households consist of a single person and the share of children under fifteen is among the lowest elements of the profile. The figure mainly measures how short the school run is, and here it is short.

no. 11,391 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 64 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Nijlân a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nijlân comes out at 34 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

34.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

14.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 165 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

3.5 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

€ 197,000

Welfare recipients

61.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

24%

Built after 2000

10%

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

3,794 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,999

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

0.5 km

Households with children

16%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nijlân has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,794 — 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 Nijlân a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nijlân comes out at 34 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 Nijlân?

In Nijlân the police recorded 165 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Nijlân calculated?

Nijlân scores 3.5 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 Nijlân 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.