neighbourhood in Leiden

Vreewijk

2,595 residents · postal code 2311 · Part of Bos- en Gasthuisdistrict, Leiden

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Vreewijk in Leiden has a property value of well over seven hundred thousand and at the same time a broad share of households in the bottom income group — broader than nationally. Together those two make the 8.3 for wealth & income a figure resting mainly on the bricks; social assistance is rare and vacancy sits exactly on the national median.

The 4.6 for families is the lowest figure here and follows from household composition rather than distance: the primary school is within walking range, but nearly two thirds of households are single-person and fewer than one in five has children. Safety stands strong at 7.4 — violence and theft are below the national median — while quiet & nature sticks at 4.2 because of density and scarce greenery.

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no. 14 of 53 in Leiden

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Is Vreewijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vreewijk comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

20.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 72 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 697,000

Welfare recipients

3.9 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

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

8,176 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

11%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,010

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.9 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vreewijk has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 29%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2529%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
64% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,176 — 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 Vreewijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vreewijk comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Vreewijk?

In Vreewijk the police recorded 72 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Vreewijk calculated?

Vreewijk scores 8.2 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 Vreewijk 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.