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neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Schieringen

1,905 residents · postal code 8924 · Part of Heechterp & Schieringen, Leeuwarden

  • no. 12,705 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 89 of 111 in Leeuwarden
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Scores per pillar

Schieringen is the cheapest neighbourhood in this batch at €181,000, and it shapes everything: fewer than a quarter of homes are owned, three-quarters are flats, and sixty percent of households are single occupants. Amenities hold up at 8.5, but on almost every other measure the district stays low, a 2.5 for social cohesion and 2.8 for housing, alongside nearly 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present. The overall grade is 2.7.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
1.0 km
Secondary school
0.3 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.6 km
Hospital
2.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
2.1 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
48.5
Violent crimes
2.1
Burglaries
1.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 181,000
Owner-occupied
24%
Single-family homes
27%
Built after 2000
16%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 14%25–45 36%45–65 23%65+ 11%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
22%
Single-person households
60%
Residents per km²
2,247

Nearby neighbourhoods

Cambuur

Leeuwarden

3.6

Heechterp

Leeuwarden

2.6

Indische buurt

Leeuwarden

2.6

Welgelegen

Leeuwarden

2.7

Zamenhofpark

Leeuwarden

3.0

Schepenbuurt

Leeuwarden

2.6

Similar neighbourhoods

Klarendal-Noord

Arnhem

2.7

Botter Oost

Lelystad

2.7

Centrum-Delfzijl

Eemsdelta

2.7

Oude Dijk

Tilburg

2.7

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Schieringen calculated?

Schieringen scores 2.7 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 Schieringen a safe neighbourhood?

Schieringen scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (48.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.