neighbourhood in Leiden
Slaaghwijk
4,365 residents · postal code 2317 · Part of Merenwijkdistrict, Leiden
- no. 11,739 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 49 of 53 in Leiden
Scores per pillar
A respectable 6.6 for safety and a 7.7 for amenities cannot hide that this Leiden estate sinks socially to 2.6 — the bottom tenth nationally. One in four homes is owner-occupied, over a third of households have children, and the average value of €303,000 stays well below the national €422,000. Crime, at 24 per thousand people present, sits exactly on the median; the station is four kilometres off.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Slaaghwijk calculated?
Slaaghwijk scores 3.3 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 Slaaghwijk a safe neighbourhood?
Slaaghwijk scores 6.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.