azc Leiden (Haagse Schouwweg)
The asylum centre on the Haagse Schouwweg in Leiden has seen repeated stabbings, with several incidents in the spring of 2026 alone, each typically leaving a resident injured and a fellow resident arrested. One of the most serious involved a 24-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed multiple times by another resident after, advocacy group LGBT Asylum Support said, she had reported harassment by the same person two days earlier; the group demanded government action and Leiden's mayor called the attack serious and unacceptable.
Occupancy
325
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€9.5m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Haagse Schouwweg, Leiden. It is run by the COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers), the Dutch government’s asylum-reception agency. For what the azc / noodopvang categories mean and how Dutch reception spending breaks down, open the cost panel on the interactive map with the Netherlands selected in Settings.
In the news
Mar 2026
Interest group demands action after assault on transgender asylum seeker
LGBT Asylum Support reported that a 24-year-old trans woman was chased and stabbed multiple times in a shared kitchen at the Haagse Schouwweg centre, two days after she had reported harassment by the same resident, and called on the government to act.
Sleutelstad · source
May 2026
Stabbing again at AZC Leiden
A person was injured in a further stabbing at the asylum centre on the Haagse Schouwweg and a suspect was arrested, with the site having seen repeated knife incidents.
Sleutelstad · source
Compiled from public Dutch news reports (each item links to its source). Where a municipality runs more than one reception location, attribution to this specific address reflects the cited report and may be approximate — always check the linked source.
Timeline
Mar 2026
Transgender resident stabbed, outcry over safety
A 24-year-old trans woman was stabbed multiple times by a fellow resident; LGBT Asylum Support said earlier harassment had been reported and demanded action, and the mayor called it unacceptable.
May 2026
Further stabbing at the centre
Another resident was injured in a stabbing on the Haagse Schouwweg and a suspect was arrested, one of several such incidents that spring.
Cost
Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €80 per person per night for a regular centre, the 325 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €9.5m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice — emergency reception typically runs around three times the cost of a regular centre.
Sources
COA / Rijksoverheid (Kamerstuk, 5 Sep 2025) · 2025-08-13. View source
Occupancy is the COA register snapshot of 13 August 2025 and may have changed since. Coordinates were geocoded from the published street address via the official PDOK Locatieserver.