neighbourhood in Leiden

Transvaalbuurt

1,850 residents · postal code 2312 · Part of Morsdistrict, Leiden

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Noise levels in Transvaalbuurt are more than eleven decibels above the national median — a large gap on a scale that is not linear. Combined with little greenery and high density, that produces a 3.3 for quiet & nature, while amenities stand at 9.4: everything is within a kilometre, the station included. That is the same location, counted twice.

The wealth & income pillar lands on 4.2 and it is across the board: property values below the national median, social assistance more than three times above it, high incomes below and low incomes above. Only vacancy works out favourably. Safety, a 3.2, is driven by property crime, which is almost twice the national figure — but violence is above it too, so this is about more than things going missing.

no. 11,455 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Transvaalbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

39.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

16.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 103 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

2.0 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

€ 368,000

Welfare recipients

27.0 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

35%

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

9,762 inw/km²

Noise level

63 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

14%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,219

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

12%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Transvaalbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 24%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2524%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,762 — 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 Transvaalbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Transvaalbuurt comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Transvaalbuurt 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 Transvaalbuurt?

In Transvaalbuurt the police recorded 103 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Transvaalbuurt calculated?

Transvaalbuurt scores 3.4 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 Transvaalbuurt 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.