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neighbourhood in Leiden

Cronestein

5,610 residents · postal code 2321 · Part of Roodenburgerdistrict, Leiden

  • no. 8,704 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 30 of 53 in Leiden

Scores per pillar

Cronestein is young Leiden: barely 7 percent over 65, 6 percent children under fifteen, and two-thirds single-person households. Ownership, at 18 percent, is the exception; the rest is rented. Amenities (8.5) and social cohesion (7.3) score well, but housing (3.6), nature (3.6) and safety (4.0) are low, with more than 40 crimes per thousand residents. Property values are modest at €319,000.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
1.1 km
Secondary school
0.5 km
Childcare
0.9 km
Train station
0.7 km
Hospital
4.2 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
1.3 km
Library
1.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
40.2
Violent crimes
2.0
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 319,000
Owner-occupied
18%
Single-family homes
9%
Built after 2000
73%
Income per resident
€ 38,000

Who lives here

0–15 6%15–25 21%25–45 55%45–65 11%65+ 7%
Average household size
1.4
Households with children
8%
Single-person households
67%
Residents per km²
11,872

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Cronestein calculated?

Cronestein scores 5.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Cronestein a safe neighbourhood?

Cronestein scores 4.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (40.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.