neighbourhood in Leiden

Fortuinwijk-Noord

3,565 residents · postal code 2324 · Part of Bos- en Gasthuisdistrict, Leiden

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Fortuinwijk-Noord has everything within walking distance — GP, shop and school within six hundred metres — which explains the 9.1 for amenities. What does not fit is the 3.0 for wealth & income, and that runs right across: property value far below the national median, higher incomes rare, almost half of all households in the lowest group, and a social assistance rate that is a multiple of the Dutch middle.

Quiet & nature comes out surprisingly high at 5.6 for a neighbourhood with almost nine thousand residents per square kilometre. Tree canopy in the surroundings is above the median; greenery and noise pull the other way.

On safety all four types of offence sit above the national middle, with vandalism and burglary the sharpest deviations.

no. 10,215 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Fortuinwijk-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Fortuinwijk-Noord comes out at 30 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

30.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

10.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 135 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.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 286,000

Welfare recipients

44.9 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

47%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

14%

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

8,693 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,479

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

19%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Fortuinwijk-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,693 — 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 Fortuinwijk-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Fortuinwijk-Noord comes out at 30 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 Fortuinwijk-Noord?

In Fortuinwijk-Noord the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Fortuinwijk-Noord calculated?

Fortuinwijk-Noord scores 4.1 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 Fortuinwijk-Noord 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.