The districts of Leiden

Leiden has 130,640 residents (2026), spread across 10 districts and 54 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 46% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Leiden averages 5.9, which puts the municipality above 45% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 8.5; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.5. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Raadsherenbuurt (10.0), the lowest in Leeuwenhoek (2.6). That is 7.4 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 130,640
districts: 10
neighbourhoods: 54
km² of land: 21.9

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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

37.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

18.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 7,324 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 421,673

Welfare recipients

24.9 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

43%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

42%

Built after 2000

16%

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

8,713 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,931

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.8 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Leiden has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,712 — 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 Leiden, weighted by population.