Dobbewijk-Zuid, Leiden
About 4,485 people live in Dobbewijk-Zuid, in 1,930 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 83% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well below the national rate: 24.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €424,000; 61% of homes are owner-occupied and 33% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 0.9 km away, a supermarket 1 km and a GP 1.1 km.
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Is Dobbewijk-Zuid a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 83% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 39% |
| Safety and nuisance | 13% |
| Social cohesion | 13% |
| Amenities | 82% |
| Housing stock | 23% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Dobbewijk-Zuid safe?
| All registered crime | 24.7 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 0.2 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 1.6 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 4.9 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | €424,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 61% / 39% |
| Apartments | 23% |
| Households with children | 39% |
| Single-person households | 26% |
| Age 65+ | 20% |
| Average income per resident | €33,000 |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 1 km |
| GP | 1.1 km |
| Primary school | 0.5 km |
| Secondary school | 2.6 km |
| Train station | 0.9 km |
| Hospital | 4.1 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Leiden
Dobbewijk-Noord · Kloosterhof · Schenkwijk · Leedewijk-Noord · Leedewijk-Zuid · Merenwijk-Centrum · Zijlwijk-Noord · Zijlwijk-Zuid · Slaaghwijk · Leeuwenhoek · Vogelwijk · Raadsherenbuurt
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU05460903. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.