The districts of Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden has 129,555 residents (2026), spread across 22 districts and 131 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 34% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

As a municipality, Leeuwarden sits at 5.0, better than 33% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Amenities lift that grade with 7.1; wealth and income hold it back at 4.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Techum (9.8), the lowest in Huizum-Badweg (2.6). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 129,555
districts: 22
neighbourhoods: 131
km² of land: 236

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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

34.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

14.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 6,757 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

4.7 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 km

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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

€ 280,365

Welfare recipients

42.6 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

68%

Built after 2000

20%

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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

4,931 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,103

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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.

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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

0.8 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

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Who lives here

Leeuwarden has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,920 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden, weighted by population.