The district of Voorschoten
Voorschoten has 25,900 residents (2026), spread across 1 district and 12 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, nothing that lets it down
As a municipality, Voorschoten sits at 8.9, better than 85% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Amenities lift that grade with 8.2; quiet and nature hold it back at 6.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Bloemenwijk (9.9), the lowest in Buitengebied (7.1). That is 2.8 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Voorschoten
- residents
- 25,900
- district
- 1
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 11.1
How Voorschoten 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, 747 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Voorschoten →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Voorschoten →
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 Voorschoten looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,827 — 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 Voorschoten, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Voorschoten →Bloemenwijk
Voorschoten
Starrenburg
Voorschoten
Nassauwijk
Voorschoten
Krimwijk
Voorschoten
Bijdorp
Voorschoten
Noord-Hofland
Voorschoten
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Voorschoten
The worst districts of Voorschoten 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 Voorschoten: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Voorschoten: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Voorschoten →