neighbourhood in Leiden

Leedewijk-Noord

2,800 residents · postal code 2318 · Part of Merenwijkdistrict, Leiden

Top 5% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

With a 9.7, Leedewijk-Noord ranks among the highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country, and safety carries that hardest. Violence, theft and vandalism sit far below the national middle; only burglary sits slightly above it, and that is the single type breaking the pattern here.

Wealth here is high right across the board, which is rarer than it looks. Property value above the national middle, almost twice as many high incomes as nationally, fewer low incomes, hardly any social assistance and next to no vacancy: every component points the same way. A 9.3 for wealth & income resting on one figure is more common than this.

The 5.5 for quiet & nature is the price. Traffic noise here is measurably above the Dutch middle while greenery and water are no more than average — a residential area sitting close to the infrastructure. And with a supermarket more than a kilometre away and a station several kilometres off, daily shopping here is a drive rather than a walk.

no. 574 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 5 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Leedewijk-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Leedewijk-Noord comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Leedewijk-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

9.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

2.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 25 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

1.3 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

3.2 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

4.5 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

€ 518,000

Welfare recipients

3.6 per 1,000

High incomes

37%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

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

6,666 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,045

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

43%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Leedewijk-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,666 — 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 Leedewijk-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Leedewijk-Noord?

In Leedewijk-Noord the police recorded 25 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Leedewijk-Noord calculated?

Leedewijk-Noord scores 9.7 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 Leedewijk-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.