Vogelwijk, Leiden
About 1,345 people live in Vogelwijk, in 690 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 4% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is below the national rate: 28.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €675,000; 78% of homes are owner-occupied and 12% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 1.6 km away, a supermarket 0.8 km and a GP 0.4 km.
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Is Vogelwijk a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 4% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 60% |
| Safety and nuisance | 54% |
| Social cohesion | 39% |
| Amenities | 94% |
| Housing stock | 57% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Vogelwijk safe?
| All registered crime | 28.3 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 2.2 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 3.7 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 3.7 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) | €675,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 78% / 22% |
| Apartments | 36% |
| Households with children | 23% |
| Single-person households | 50% |
| Age 65+ | 22% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.8 km |
| GP | 0.4 km |
| Primary school | 0.5 km |
| Secondary school | 0.5 km |
| Train station | 1.6 km |
| Hospital | 0.9 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
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Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU05460703. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.