neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Wergea

1,745 residents · postal code 9005 · Part of Dorpen Zuid-Oost, Leeuwarden

Top 24% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Wergea comes off well on almost every score: plenty of greenery, little noise and water nearby produce an 8.2 for quiet & nature, and a crime rate at just over half the national median a 9.4 for safety. Violence and burglary are almost absent; only vandalism is slightly above the median.

The exception is wealth & income, a 4.2. Property value stays below the national median and the rate of social assistance is well above it, while the income distribution sits close to the national picture — so this is not a neighbourhood where all the wealth measures point the same way. For village life itself everything is within walking distance, but the nearest railway station is almost eight kilometres away, and that keeps amenities at a 6.4.

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Is Wergea a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wergea comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Wergea 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

13.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

3.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 24 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

7.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

6.5 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

7.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 309,000

Welfare recipients

28.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

22%

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

1,508 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

74%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

281

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

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

6.5 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,508 — far less 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 Wergea a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wergea comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Wergea 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 Wergea?

In Wergea the police recorded 24 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Wergea calculated?

Wergea scores 8.2 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 Wergea 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.