neighbourhood in Westerkwartier
Centrum Leek en omgeving
3,930 residents · postal code 9351 · Part of Leek, Westerkwartier
Plenty of space, less prosperity
The wealth & income figure for Centrum Leek en omgeving is a 2.9, and no component offers a counterweight: property values are far below the national median, half of households fall into the lowest income group, high incomes are scarce, the social assistance rate is a multiple of the national one and even vacancy is above the middle.
On safety one category stands out: vandalism, at more than twice the national level. Violence and theft are slightly above it, burglary exactly on it. That is a different profile from the city neighbourhoods where theft sets the figure.
Quiet & nature, by contrast, reaches a 7.3, with plenty of greenery and a tree canopy above the national median. And there is an age dimension that colours the other figures: more than a third of residents are 65 or over, almost three times the share of children.
- no. 10,857 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 60 of 79 in Westerkwartier
How Centrum Leek en omgeving scores
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Is Centrum Leek en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Centrum Leek en omgeving comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.
In 2025, 163 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
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
Who lives here
Centrum Leek en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+36%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,180 — 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 Centrum Leek en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Centrum Leek en omgeving comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Centrum Leek en omgeving?
In Centrum Leek en omgeving the police recorded 163 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Centrum Leek en omgeving calculated?
Centrum Leek en omgeving scores 3.8 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 Centrum Leek en omgeving 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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