neighbourhood in Leiden

Rijndijkbuurt

2,370 residents · postal code 2313 · Part of Roodenburgerdistrict, Leiden

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Almost fifty-seven decibels Lden — a good five above the national middle — is the figure that marks Rijndijkbuurt most. It pushes the quiet & nature pillar to 4.4 in a neighbourhood that is otherwise not badly placed: there is more water than nationally and green stays within reach. Noise and density do the work here.

The 4.3 for safety comes from one type. Violence and burglary sit practically on the national middle, criminal damage slightly above it, but property offences almost twice as high. For anyone moving here that mainly means something for the bike and the car, not for the evening.

Thirty per cent of all households fall into the highest income group, well above the national level, and the property value is above it too. Yet the wealth & income pillar stops at 6.7, because the social assistance rate here is more than twice as high. A neighbourhood with a wide spread, not a wealthy one.

no. 6,711 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Rijndijkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijndijkbuurt comes out at 35 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

34.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

16.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 120 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.5 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

€ 470,000

Welfare recipients

16.9 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

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

9,497 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,077

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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Families

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

Primary school

1.1 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rijndijkbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,497 — 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 Rijndijkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijndijkbuurt comes out at 35 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 Rijndijkbuurt?

In Rijndijkbuurt the police recorded 120 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Rijndijkbuurt calculated?

Rijndijkbuurt scores 6.2 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 Rijndijkbuurt 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.