neighbourhood in Leiden

Boshuizen

4,115 residents · postal code 2324 · Part of Bos- en Gasthuisdistrict, Leiden

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Violence and property crime in Boshuizen are both below the national median, and that is where the 7.8 for safety comes from; only burglary edges above it. The total number of reported offences stays under the median.

Wealth & income ends on a 4.1, and that contrast is sharp for a Leiden neighbourhood. Property values are below the national median, more than half of households are on a low income and social assistance runs at five times the median. Only vacancy stands out as favourable.

The families score of 6.1 does not come from the school, which is six hundred metres away, but from the age profile: a tenth of residents are under fifteen and almost six in ten households are single-person.

no. 6,236 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Boshuizen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Boshuizen comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

22.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 111 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 367,000

Welfare recipients

38.9 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

47%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

32%

Built after 2000

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

8,372 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,939

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

0.6 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Boshuizen has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 23%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2523%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,372 — 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 Boshuizen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Boshuizen comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Boshuizen?

In Boshuizen the police recorded 111 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Boshuizen calculated?

Boshuizen scores 6.4 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 Boshuizen 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.