neighbourhood in Leidschendam-Voorburg

Damsigt

1,060 residents · postal code 2272 · Part of Damsigt en omgeving, Leidschendam-Voorburg

Top 10% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

More than half of the households in Damsigt have children, and the wealth & income pillar stands at 9.9, carried by every component: a property value far above the national median, a top income group covering nearly one household in two, a thin bottom group, not a single social assistance benefit and hardly any vacancy.

The 5.3 for safety does not seem to fit at first sight. The number of reported offences is well above the national middle, but the breakdown shows where it sits: property crime comes out at more than double the median, while violence stays below it. Things go missing here; this is not a place where the streets are uneasy in the evening.

The quiet & nature pillar sticks at 4.7, with traffic noise above the national middle and greenery below it. The tree canopy is well above the median, which lifts that figure somewhat.

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no. 4 of 42 in Leidschendam-Voorburg

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Is Damsigt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Damsigt comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

35.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

21.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 55 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

1.1 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.2 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

€ 637,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

45%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

93%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

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

4,455 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,611

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

0.9 km

Households with children

54%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

22%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Damsigt has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1522%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
54% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,455 — 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 Damsigt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Damsigt comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Damsigt?

In Damsigt the police recorded 55 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Damsigt calculated?

Damsigt scores 9.3 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 Damsigt 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.