neighbourhood in Leiden

Haagweg-Noord

1,835 residents · postal code 2321 · Part of Bos- en Gasthuisdistrict, Leiden

Top 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Sixty per cent of households in Haagweg-Noord consist of one person and the share of children stays far below the national picture. That is where the 5.3 for families comes from, because the primary school is nine hundred metres away and cannot explain the score.

The wealth & income pillar is split in a way the score conceals. The share of high incomes is above the national median and so are property values, but social assistance is almost three times above it; behind that 5.9 sit two very different groups, not an average neighbourhood. Safety stands well at 8.1, with only vandalism above the national figure. Quiet & nature does not: noise levels are well above the median in a densely built strip, and that is the figure residents notice every day.

no. 4,697 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 18 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Haagweg-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haagweg-Noord comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

21.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 49 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 435,000

Welfare recipients

21.8 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

40%

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

9,727 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,517

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.9 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Haagweg-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,727 — 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 Haagweg-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haagweg-Noord comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Haagweg-Noord?

In Haagweg-Noord the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Haagweg-Noord calculated?

Haagweg-Noord scores 7.3 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 Haagweg-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.