neighbourhood in Voorschoten

Adegeest

2,680 residents · postal code 2253 · Part of Wijk 00, Voorschoten

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

The total number of reported offences in Adegeest lands almost exactly on the Dutch median, and yet the safety pillar gets no further than 5.4. That is down to one category: burglaries here run more than five times the national middle, while violence, property crime and criminal damage all three stay below it. Burglary counts for a quarter of that pillar, and that is enough to depress the score on its own.

The rest of this part of Voorschoten reads more calmly. With just over two thousand residents per square kilometre, plenty of green in the immediate surroundings and one and a half times as much tree canopy as nationally, quiet & nature yields a 7.6. The wealth & income pillar stands at 7.9 and is broadly carried: property value is above the Dutch median, the top income group is almost twice as wide as the national one and social assistance is barely present. Nearly three in ten residents are over sixty-five.

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no. 9 of 12 in Voorschoten

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Is Adegeest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Adegeest 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.

Total crime

24.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.3 per 1,000

Property crime

8.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 83 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.5 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 483,000

Welfare recipients

3.7 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

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

2,210 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,531

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.5 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Adegeest has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,210 — around the 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 Adegeest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Adegeest 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 Adegeest?

In Adegeest the police recorded 83 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 Adegeest calculated?

Adegeest 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 Adegeest 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.