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neighbourhood in Leiden

Pancras-Oost

2,325 residents · postal code 2312 · Part of Binnenstad-Noord, Leiden

  • no. 9,320 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 36 of 53 in Leiden
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Scores per pillar

Pancras-Oost belongs to Leiden's northern old town and is markedly a student quarter: 76 percent of households are one-person and barely five percent of residents are under fifteen. Amenities score a 9.6, with the supermarket two hundred metres off and the station within walking distance. The 50.5 crimes per 1,000 people present look high but are tempered by the bustle of a city centre; safety comes to 6.1. Housing and social cohesion lag at 3.9 and 3.8.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.2 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
1.3 km
Secondary school
1.2 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.7 km
Hospital
2.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
0.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
50.5
Violent crimes
1.0
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 387,000
Owner-occupied
23%
Single-family homes
34%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 5%15–25 39%25–45 32%45–65 16%65+ 9%
Average household size
1.4
Households with children
9%
Single-person households
76%
Residents per km²
20,182

Nearby neighbourhoods

Pancras-West

Leiden

5.8

Marewijk

Leiden

3.8

Havenwijk-Zuid

Leiden

5.6

Levendaal-Oost

Leiden

5.4

Pieterswijk

Leiden

3.9

Levendaal-West

Leiden

6.5

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4.6

Noordoever Sloterplas

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4.7

De Baan e.o.

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4.6

De Struiken

Brunssum

4.6

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Pancras-Oost calculated?

Pancras-Oost scores 4.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Pancras-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

Pancras-Oost scores 6.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (50.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.