neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Vrijheidswijk-West

2,135 residents · postal code 8923 · Part of Vrijheidswijk, Leeuwarden

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The social assistance rate in Vrijheidswijk-West is sixteen times the national one, and that is the hardest figure on this page. The other wealth components point the same way: property value stays almost half below the median, more than half of households are in the lowest income group and fewer than a tenth in the highest. There is no component among them that softens the picture.

On safety the gap with the national middle is smaller than that 3.7 suggests. All four types sit above it, but none extremely — it is the sum that counts, with violence and burglary as the heaviest items.

A fifth of residents are under fifteen, well above the national share. With a primary school eight hundred metres away, that lifts the families pillar to 7.9, the neighbourhood's highest score.

no. 11,707 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 69 of 111 in Leeuwarden

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Is Vrijheidswijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vrijheidswijk-West comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

28.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

13.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 73 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 231,000

Welfare recipients

126.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

66%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

46%

Built after 2000

32%

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

7,836 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,879

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

0.8 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vrijheidswijk-West has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,836 — 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 Vrijheidswijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vrijheidswijk-West comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Vrijheidswijk-West?

In Vrijheidswijk-West the police recorded 73 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Vrijheidswijk-West calculated?

Vrijheidswijk-West scores 3.3 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 Vrijheidswijk-West 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.