neighbourhood in Leiden

Havenwijk-Zuid

1,835 residents · postal code 2312 · Part of Binnenstad-Noord, Leiden

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Social assistance in Havenwijk-Zuid runs at four times the national median, while property values sit just above it. That is the tension in the wealth & income pillar: the housing stock is around the national median, the residents clearly below it. The 4.5 comes from there, not from vacancy or the share of owner-occupied homes.

At 6.7, safety is mixed in a way the table does not explain. Violence, the heaviest-weighted component, works out favourably here and so does vandalism; burglary and property crime are above the national figure. For households with children the primary school is the sticking point: it is more than a kilometre away, much further than the GP and supermarket around the corner, and since school distance is almost a third of the families pillar, that largely explains the 4.4.

no. 7,143 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 26 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Havenwijk-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Havenwijk-Zuid comes out at 29 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

29.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

14.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 76 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.2 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 429,000

Welfare recipients

32.7 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

20%

Built after 2000

16%

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

12,324 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

17%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,791

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.4 km

Households with children

12%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Havenwijk-Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–156%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,324 — 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 Havenwijk-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Havenwijk-Zuid comes out at 29 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 Havenwijk-Zuid?

In Havenwijk-Zuid the police recorded 76 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Havenwijk-Zuid calculated?

Havenwijk-Zuid scores 5.9 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 Havenwijk-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.