neighbourhood in Delft

Afrikabuurt-West

1,795 residents · postal code 2622 · Part of Tanthof-West, Delft

Top 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The most striking thing about Afrikabuurt-West is that no score stands out: the five pillars lie between a 5.7 and an 8.2, and it is precisely that evenness that produces a high overall score. Neighbourhoods with one strong and one very weak pillar rarely get there, because the overall figure does not average outliers away but carries both.

Wealth & income is the best example. The property value sits practically on the national median, but the income distribution deviates — the highest group is broader than nationally, the lowest narrower — and social assistance and vacancy are uncommon. That is how a 7.4 arises without a single striking figure.

With families it runs the other way. The primary school is five hundred metres away, but few children live here and a quarter of residents are 65 or older.

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no. 9 of 75 in Delft

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Is Afrikabuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Afrikabuurt-West comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Afrikabuurt-West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

16.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

4.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 30 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 416,000

Welfare recipients

5.6 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

9,808 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,875

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Afrikabuurt-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,808 — 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is Afrikabuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Afrikabuurt-West?

In Afrikabuurt-West the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Afrikabuurt-West calculated?

Afrikabuurt-West scores 9.1 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Afrikabuurt-West lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.