neighbourhood in Leiden

Hoge Mors

5,375 residents · postal code 2332 · Part of Morsdistrict, Leiden

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

At more than half the addresses in Hoge Mors one person lives, and in one in five households a child. That explains why the families pillar gets stuck at a 5.9 even though the primary school is within walking distance: here it lies in who lives there, not in how far it is.

The safety picture is the mirror image of that of a wealthy neighbourhood. Burglary occurs less often than is usual nationally, but violence is at more than twice the Dutch median and theft far above it. So that 3.7 says something above all about what happens on the street, and far less about what disappears from homes.

For the quiet pillar, noise is the determining factor. The level is more than seven decibels above the national middle, while the greenery around it stays far below that.

no. 10,151 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 36 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Hoge Mors a safe 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

40.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

14.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 279 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 378,000

Welfare recipients

39.1 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

28%

Built after 2000

27%

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

4,841 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,016

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoge Mors has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,841 — 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 Hoge Mors a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoge Mors comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoge Mors is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Hoge Mors?

In Hoge Mors the police recorded 279 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Hoge Mors calculated?

Hoge Mors scores 4.2 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 Hoge Mors 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.