neighbourhood in Leiden

Groenoord

3,255 residents · postal code 2316 · Part of Leiden-Noord, Leiden

Top 44% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Groenoord carries a name the figures do not live up to: about a third of the surrounding area counts as green, against well over half nationally, and the tree canopy also stays below the median. Together with a noise level well above the middle, that puts the quiet & nature pillar at 3.2.

The wealth & income pillar does the opposite and reaches 8.1. Property value is well above the national middle, the top income group is twice as broad as nationally, the bottom one narrower and the social assistance rate stays below the median. Only vacancy is slightly above it.

The population is young: fewer than one in ten residents are 65 or older. The supermarket and the primary school mean a longer walk here than in most neighbourhoods of this size, and that pushes both the amenities and the families score towards the middle.

no. 5,713 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Groenoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Groenoord comes out at 24 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

24.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

11.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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

1.4 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 514,000

Welfare recipients

6.1 per 1,000

High incomes

39%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

51%

Built after 2000

56%

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

8,433 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,519

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

1.2 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Groenoord has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 8%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,433 — 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 Groenoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Groenoord comes out at 24 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 Groenoord?

In Groenoord the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Groenoord calculated?

Groenoord scores 6.7 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 Groenoord 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.