neighbourhood in Leiderdorp

Buitenhof-Midden-West

3,200 residents · postal code 2353 · Part of Wijk 02, Leiderdorp

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Four categories of offence, and all four sit below the national middle — that is where the 9.8 for safety in Buitenhof-Midden-West comes from. No single category skews the picture: burglary is rare, violence stays well below the median, and property crime and vandalism do not rise above it either. That even pattern is rarer than it looks, because a low crime total usually rests on one category happening to be mild.

The 4.1 for quiet & nature does not come from noise. The sound level is as good as level with the national middle. What weighs the pillar down is building density combined with little greenery close by; the tree canopy also lags behind the national figure. There is a price attached for anyone without a car: the nearest station is more than four kilometres away, and that keeps amenities at a 6.8 even though supermarket, GP and primary school are all within walking distance.

no. 375 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 18 in Leiderdorp

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Is Buitenhof-Midden-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitenhof-Midden-West comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Buitenhof-Midden-West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

12.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 41 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

0.8 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 477,000

Welfare recipients

9.4 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

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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

8,748 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,639

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

0.4 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Buitenhof-Midden-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,748 — 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 Buitenhof-Midden-West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Buitenhof-Midden-West?

In Buitenhof-Midden-West the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Buitenhof-Midden-West calculated?

Buitenhof-Midden-West scores 9.8 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 Buitenhof-Midden-West 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.