neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Oldegalileën

1,945 residents · postal code 8922 · Part of Oud-Oost, Leeuwarden

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Oldegalileën almost three quarters of households consist of one person and only one in seven has children. Yet the families pillar stands at 8.0 — it mainly measures distances, and the primary school is three hundred metres away. The score here says something about access, not about how many families live in the neighbourhood.

Property value is less than half the national median and the rate of social assistance a multiple of it; with above-average vacancy on top, wealth & income comes out at 2.5, one of the lowest scores in the country. On safety, violence, burglary and vandalism are all above the national median and only theft just below it — which produces a 3.8.

no. 11,854 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 72 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Oldegalileën a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oldegalileën comes out at 29 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

28.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

9.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 68 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.3 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

€ 160,000

Welfare recipients

82.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

61%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

41%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

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

9,812 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,643

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

0.3 km

Households with children

15%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oldegalileën has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 23%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2523%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
72% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,812 — 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 Oldegalileën a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oldegalileën comes out at 29 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 Oldegalileën?

In Oldegalileën the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Oldegalileën calculated?

Oldegalileën scores 3.2 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 Oldegalileën 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.