neighbourhood in Leidschendam-Voorburg

Verzetsheldenwijk

1,980 residents · postal code 2264 · Part of Damsigt en omgeving, Leidschendam-Voorburg

Top 31% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Three types of reported offence in the Verzetsheldenwijk sit above the national median — violence, burglary and property crime — and only vandalism below. That makes the 4.3 for safety the figure that departs most from the rest here, and it rules out the reassuring reading that this is only about belongings.

The wealth & income pillar, by contrast, reaches 8.8. The property value is well above the national middle and the top income group is nearly twice as broad as nationally. One component deviates: the number of social assistance benefits is slightly above the median. Small, but it means wealth here does not point the same way in every component.

A third of residents are 65 or older, and yet families stands at 7.7. That pillar is largely determined by the distance to school and childcare, and the primary school is seven hundred metres away — not by how many children live here.

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Is Verzetsheldenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Verzetsheldenwijk comes out at 28 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

28.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

13.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 75 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

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 560,000

Welfare recipients

10.1 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

17%

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

5,494 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,950

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

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Verzetsheldenwijk has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,494 — 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 Verzetsheldenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Verzetsheldenwijk comes out at 28 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 Verzetsheldenwijk?

In Verzetsheldenwijk the police recorded 75 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Verzetsheldenwijk calculated?

Verzetsheldenwijk scores 7.8 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 Verzetsheldenwijk 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.