neighbourhood in Leiden

Fortuinwijk-Zuid

2,070 residents · postal code 2324 · Part of Bos- en Gasthuisdistrict, Leiden

Bottom 47% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Fortuinwijk-Zuid it is mainly belongings that disappear. Property crime here runs at nearly twice the national median and burglary at more than three times, while violence stays below it. That is the profile of a neighbourhood with a lot of passing traffic, not of a place where you would rather stay in after dark — though it does push the safety score down to 4.5.

The population is markedly old for a city neighbourhood: almost a third is 65 or over and more than half of households consist of one person. Even so families comes out at 7.0, and that is entirely down to the short school distance — the heaviest component of that pillar.

The wealth & income score of 3.9 stands apart from earnings, which sit close to the national middle. It is property value and the rate of social assistance, nearly four times the median, that set the figure.

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no. 25 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Fortuinwijk-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Fortuinwijk-Zuid comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

35.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

16.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 94 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

3.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 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

€ 312,000

Welfare recipients

29.0 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

20%

Built after 2000

20%

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

4,541 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,535

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.5 km

Households with children

15%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Fortuinwijk-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,541 — 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-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Fortuinwijk-Zuid comes out at 35 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-Zuid?

In Fortuinwijk-Zuid the police recorded 94 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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-Zuid calculated?

Fortuinwijk-Zuid scores 6.0 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-Zuid 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.