neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Leersum-Dorp
6,705 residents · postal code 3956 · Part of Leersum, Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Spacious and quiet, without a weak spot
Leersum-Dorp scores well on virtually everything, but one offence type is out of tune: burglary is registered there well over three times as often as elsewhere in the Netherlands. Because burglary carries well over a quarter of the weight in the safety pillar, that presses the score down to a 7.7, while violence, theft and vandalism in fact stay well below the national median.
The quiet pillar shows the opposite, with a 9.3 that is earned right across the board. Well over four fifths of the surroundings is green, the tree canopy is far more extensive there than elsewhere, the noise level lies clearly below it and the population density is low.
For families the neighbourhood gets no further than a 6.7. The school is around the corner, so that is not it; the share of children stays below the national level there.
- no. 1,290 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
How Leersum-Dorp scores
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Is Leersum-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Leersum-Dorp comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Leersum-Dorp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 133 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
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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
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Who lives here
The age profile of Leersum-Dorp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,735 — less 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 Leersum-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Leersum-Dorp comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Leersum-Dorp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Leersum-Dorp?
In Leersum-Dorp the police recorded 133 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Leersum-Dorp calculated?
Leersum-Dorp 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 Leersum-Dorp 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
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