neighbourhood in Voorschoten

Nassauwijk

2,225 residents · postal code 2252 · Part of Wijk 00, Voorschoten

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Three pillars in Nassauwijk stand above nine; the two that lag behind tell the story. Safety comes out at a 6.7 while violence, property crime and vandalism lie below the national middle — it is burglary that drags the score down, and that component counts heavily here.

The quiet & nature pillar stalls at a 5.9, and not because of greenery: that sits almost exactly at the national median. The noise level is well above it, which in a neighbourhood with this profile is not what you would expect.

The rest is strong right across the board: high property values, a top income group far broader than nationally, little social assistance and hardly any vacancy. With the primary school around the corner and almost half of households having children, that yields, alongside the wealth score, a 9.2 for families.

no. 367 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 12 in Voorschoten

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Is Nassauwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nassauwijk comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

19.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 54 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.6 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 586,000

Welfare recipients

4.5 per 1,000

High incomes

37%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

Built after 2000

25%

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

4,127 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,889

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

45%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nassauwijk has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,127 — 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 Nassauwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nassauwijk comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Nassauwijk?

In Nassauwijk the police recorded 54 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Nassauwijk calculated?

Nassauwijk scores 9.8 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 Nassauwijk 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.