neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Stiens

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

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

With a 9.1 for safety Stiens is among the best-scoring neighbourhoods in the country, and that figure was not made by one category: violence, theft and vandalism all three stay well below the national value, only burglary is slightly above it, and the total comes out at about half of it.

The 6.1 for amenities calls for explanation, because supermarket, GP and school are right there in the village. What depresses that figure is the railway station: it is almost nine kilometres away, and the distance to the railway weighs more heavily in that pillar than the distance to a restaurant or a café. For those travelling by car that changes little; anyone dependent on the train notices it daily. Wealth also lags behind, with a 4.3, and that is mainly down to a property value that lies well below the Dutch middle.

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no. 18 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Stiens a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stiens comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Stiens is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

13.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

4.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 121 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

1.0 km

Train station

8.8 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

10.1 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 295,000

Welfare recipients

15.9 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

11%

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

2,436 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

720

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

7.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Stiens looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,436 — around the 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 Stiens a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stiens comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Stiens is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Stiens?

In Stiens the police recorded 121 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Stiens calculated?

Stiens scores 6.9 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 Stiens 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.