neighbourhood in Delft
Indische Buurt-Zuid
2,305 residents · postal code 2612 · Part of Vrijenban, Delft
Safe, but not spacious
All four recorded offence types in Indische Buurt-Zuid sit below the national middle, with violence and burglary at a fraction of it: together good for a 9.1 for safety in a neighbourhood of almost ten thousand residents per square kilometre. That combination of density and few reported offences is unusual.
The quiet & nature pillar shows where the tension does lie. Tree canopy here is more than double the national figure, but measured noise is a few decibels above it, and that holds the score at 5.7. In the families pillar the primary school is not the problem — it is a few hundred metres away — but the share of households with children, which stays below the national picture in a neighbourhood where living alone is the most common arrangement.
- no. 2,665 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 75 in Delft
How Indische Buurt-Zuid scores
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Is Indische Buurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Indische Buurt-Zuid comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 52 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
Indische Buurt-Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,482 — 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 Indische Buurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Indische Buurt-Zuid comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Indische Buurt-Zuid?
In Indische Buurt-Zuid the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Indische Buurt-Zuid calculated?
Indische Buurt-Zuid scores 8.5 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 Indische Buurt-Zuid 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.
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