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neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Stiens

7,530 residents · postal code 9051 · Part of Stiens e.o., Leeuwarden

  • no. 7,953 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 29 of 111 in Leeuwarden

Scores per pillar

Nine in ten homes in Stiens are single-family houses and three-quarters owner-occupied — a Frisian village north of Leeuwarden. Safety scores high at 8.6, with barely thirteen offences per thousand. Nature follows at 6.8. Against that, housing (4.5) and amenities (5.8) lag, and the station is almost nine kilometres away. At 295,000 euro the average home sits well below the national median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
7.3 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
8.8 km
Hospital
10.1 km
Restaurant
0.8 km
Café
2.2 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
13.4
Violent crimes
0.8
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 295,000
Owner-occupied
73%
Single-family homes
90%
Built after 2000
11%
Income per resident
€ 31,000

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 10%25–45 22%45–65 26%65+ 26%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
35%
Single-person households
29%
Residents per km²
2,436

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Stiens calculated?

Stiens scores 5.4 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 Stiens a safe neighbourhood?

Stiens scores 8.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (13.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.