neighbourhood in Leiden
Stationskwartier
3,055 residents · postal code 2316 · Part of Stationsdistrict, Leiden
Everything close by, little space
Of all recorded offences in Stationskwartier the overwhelming share is theft — that figure sits many times above the national median, while burglary stays below it. That is the pattern of an area a lot of people pass through every day.
But it is not the whole story: violence too sits above the median here, and that pushes the 3.7 for safety down harder than the missing property does.
The 4.9 for families does not come from the distance to the primary school, which is within a kilometre, but from who lives here: almost three quarters of households consist of one person and few children live here. For quiet & nature it is mainly noise that counts — around 62 decibels Lden, a good ten above the national median.
- no. 11,339 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 43 of 53 in Leiden
How Stationskwartier scores
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Is Stationskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Stationskwartier comes out at 94 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Stationskwartier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 460 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Stationskwartier has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 26%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–155%
NL median 14%
- 15–2526%
NL median 11%
- 25–4545%
NL median 22%
- 45–6514%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
72% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
8% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,289 — 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 Stationskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Stationskwartier comes out at 94 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Stationskwartier 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 Stationskwartier?
In Stationskwartier the police recorded 460 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (94 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 Stationskwartier calculated?
Stationskwartier scores 3.5 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 Stationskwartier 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.
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