district in Leiden
Binnenstad-Noord
Binnenstad-Noord has 10 neighbourhoods with 15,370 residents in total.
Binnenstad-Noord adjoins the historic heart of Leiden, ten neighbourhoods and just over 15,000 residents from the Marewijk to De Waard. Amenities reach 9.5, with all of the old town within walking distance. The other pillars stay below the median: quiet and nature 3.3, wealth and income 4.5 and safety 4.9. The overall comes to 4.5. A densely built inner-city edge of students and old working-class streets.
no. 6 of the 10 districts of Leiden
Short answer: Binnenstad-Noord scores 4.5 as a district of Leiden, no. 6 of the 10 districts of Leiden. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Waard (7.1), the worst d'Oude Morsch (2.7). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 15,370 residents in total.
Key figures for Binnenstad-Noord
- residents
- 15,370
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 1.3
How Binnenstad-Noord 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, 1,638 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
Binnenstad-Noord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 28%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–2528%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
71% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,377 — 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 Binnenstad-Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Binnenstad-Noord
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Neighbourhoods in Binnenstad-Noord
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