neighbourhood in Voorschoten

Krimwijk

2,180 residents · postal code 2251 · Part of Wijk 00, Voorschoten

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

With a 9.7, Krimwijk belongs to the five hundred best-scoring neighbourhoods in the country, and the engine behind that is property value: it stands at almost double the national median, and that component carries nearly forty per cent of the wealth & income pillar. The other components point the same way — the share of high incomes is well above the middle, the number of social assistance claims well below half of it.

Beneath an 8.0 for safety sits one figure pointing the other way: burglary here runs at three times the national level, while violence, theft and criminal damage all stay below it. With over two thousand residents that gap is not noise. For residents it is a practical fact — locks and lighting matter more here than elsewhere.

The weakest pillar is amenities at 6.3, and that comes from the supermarket being over a kilometre away. The GP and a restaurant are close by. In a neighbourhood where almost three quarters of the homes were built after 2000, the daily shop is usually a drive.

no. 491 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 12 in Voorschoten

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Is Krimwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Krimwijk comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Krimwijk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

15.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

5.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 39 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

1.4 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

5.9 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 774,000

Welfare recipients

4.6 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

Built after 2000

72%

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

4,540 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,443

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.4 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Krimwijk has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4514%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,540 — 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 Krimwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Krimwijk comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Krimwijk 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 Krimwijk?

In Krimwijk the police recorded 39 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Krimwijk calculated?

Krimwijk scores 9.7 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 Krimwijk 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.