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neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Sonnenborgh

1,740 residents · postal code 8916 · Part of Sonnenborgh e.o., Leeuwarden

  • no. 11,167 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 59 of 111 in Leeuwarden

Scores per pillar

Sonnenborgh is a post-war neighbourhood in eastern Leeuwarden with the school 300 metres away and the supermarket at 400 (amenities 9.3). Half the households live alone and the average value stays at €230k. Crime runs above the median at nearly 35 per 1,000 people present. Overall: 3.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
1.3 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
2.5 km
Hospital
3.7 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
1.3 km
Library
2.2 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
34.5
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
3.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 230,000
Owner-occupied
56%
Single-family homes
58%
Built after 2000
7%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 16%25–45 33%45–65 22%65+ 16%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
25%
Single-person households
52%
Residents per km²
9,116

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Sonnenborgh calculated?

Sonnenborgh scores 3.6 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 Sonnenborgh a safe neighbourhood?

Sonnenborgh scores 4.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.