neighbourhood in Delft

Latijns Amerikabuurt

1,840 residents · postal code 2622 · Part of Tanthof-West, Delft

Top 24% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Amenities scores a 9.2 in the Latijns Amerikabuurt, and it can be read from one thing: supermarket, GP, restaurant and primary school are all within six hundred metres, and the railway station just over one and a half kilometres.

Wealth & income lags behind at a 5.4, and there the components do not agree. The property value is below the national median and the number of social assistance payments well above it, but the income distribution points the other way: the highest group is slightly broader here than nationally and the lowest narrower. The score is therefore pushed down above all by property value, which weighs most within that pillar.

The safety score fits a reported-offence total just below the national median, with violence and residential burglary both under it. Vandalism is the only type that comes out above, and it weighs the least.

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no. 21 of 75 in Delft

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Is Latijns Amerikabuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Latijns Amerikabuurt comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

22.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 49 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.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 344,000

Welfare recipients

21.7 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

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

8,275 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,021

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.6 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Latijns Amerikabuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,275 — 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 Latijns Amerikabuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Latijns Amerikabuurt comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Latijns Amerikabuurt?

In Latijns Amerikabuurt the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Latijns Amerikabuurt calculated?

Latijns Amerikabuurt scores 8.2 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 Latijns Amerikabuurt 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.