neighbourhood in Voorschoten

Starrenburg

2,660 residents · postal code 2251 · Part of Wijk 00, Voorschoten

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

All four types of reported offence in Starrenburg are below the national median, violence even at a quarter of it. That is how a 9.9 for safety comes about — not through one favourable number, but because there is no outlier anywhere.

The weak spot is access. The supermarket, GP and primary school are all more than a kilometre away, and that explains both the 6.0 for amenities and the 5.8 for families: school distance is the largest component of the families pillar, and here that distance is exactly what holds it back. Four in ten households have children, so the make-up of the population is not the problem.

Wealth & income stands at 9.3, and that leans mainly on property values, which are one and a half times the national median.

no. 295 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 12 in Voorschoten

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Is Starrenburg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Starrenburg comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Starrenburg 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.

Total crime

8.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

3.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 22 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

1.2 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

6.0 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 632,000

Welfare recipients

7.5 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

49%

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

3,904 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,207

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

1.2 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

4.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4514%
NL median 22%
45–6536%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,904 — 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 Starrenburg a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Starrenburg?

In Starrenburg the police recorded 22 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (9 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 Starrenburg calculated?

Starrenburg 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 Starrenburg 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.