neighbourhood in Leiderdorp
De Vogelwijk
2,100 residents · postal code 2352 · Part of Wijk 00, Leiderdorp
Everything for children close by, and little room
De Vogelwijk scores 9.0 for families while nearly three in ten residents are over sixty-five and the share of children is below the national median. That is not a contradiction: school and childcare distance together make up almost two thirds of that pillar, and the primary school is three hundred metres away.
The 3.6 for quiet & nature comes mainly from density. With over nine thousand residents per square kilometre this is part of compact Leiderdorp, and the share of greenery around stays clearly below the national median. The sound level is ordinary — the pressure here is in the building, not in the noise.
Among the offences only vandalism is above the national median. Violence, burglary and property crime all stay below it, which carries the 7.1 for safety.
- no. 2,383 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 18 in Leiderdorp
How De Vogelwijk scores
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Is De Vogelwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vogelwijk comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 60 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
De Vogelwijk has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,431 — 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 De Vogelwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vogelwijk comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Vogelwijk?
In De Vogelwijk the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 De Vogelwijk calculated?
De Vogelwijk scores 8.6 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 De Vogelwijk 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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