neighbourhood in Leeuwarden
Valeriuskwartier
1,405 residents · postal code 8915 · Part of Sonnenborgh e.o., Leeuwarden
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The primary school in Valeriuskwartier is two hundred metres away, and that is almost single-handedly the reason for a 9.0 on families — while only one in five households has children. That pillar mainly measures distance, and on distance this neighbourhood does excellently.
Every other score points down. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all above the national median, together good for twice as many records as in the average neighbourhood and a 2.6 for safety. On wealth & income the rate of social assistance is the sharpest figure: a multiple of the national median, alongside a property value far below it. Only vacancy comes out exactly on the national median.
- no. 12,806 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 102 of 111 in Leeuwarden
How Valeriuskwartier scores
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Is Valeriuskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Valeriuskwartier comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Valeriuskwartier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 97 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Valeriuskwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4541%
NL median 22%
- 45–6516%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,632 — 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 Valeriuskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Valeriuskwartier comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Valeriuskwartier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Valeriuskwartier?
In Valeriuskwartier the police recorded 97 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (50 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 Valeriuskwartier calculated?
Valeriuskwartier scores 2.7 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 Valeriuskwartier 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.
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