The districts of Lisse
Lisse has 23,575 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 22 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little space
Lisse averages 7.0, which puts the municipality above 60% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.5; quiet and nature hold it back at 3.6. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Lisse Rond (9.5), the lowest in De Engel (3.3). That is 6.2 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Lisse
- residents
- 23,575
- districts
- 4
- neighbourhoods
- 22
- km² of land
- 15.7
How Lisse scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 721 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Lisse →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Lisse →
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
The age profile of Lisse looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,246 — 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 Lisse, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Lisse →Lisse Rond
Lisse
Zeeheldenbuurt
Lisse
Componistenbuurt
Lisse
Vrouwenpolder
Lisse
Meerenburgh
Lisse
De Blinkerd
Lisse
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Lisse
The worst districts of Lisse are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Lisse: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Lisse: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Lisse →
Other rankings
The 4 districts of Lisse with a grade
Sorted by total grade