neighbourhood in Delft

Mythologiebuurt

1,850 residents · postal code 2624 · Part of Voorhof, Delft

Bottom 4% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

With one exception everything in the Mythologiebuurt sits low: a 9.5 for amenities, then a 5.9 for families, and the other three pillars stay below the national median. The overall score of 2.7 is therefore almost entirely the result of what is measured alongside the distances.

For quiet & nature, greenery explains most of it. Within three hundred metres less than a third of the surroundings is green, against more than half nationally, and at fifteen thousand residents per square kilometre that is the price of the location.

For safety it is property crime. That is more than three times the national median, with vandalism and residential burglary above it as well. Violence is the only type that stays close to the national median, and that is unusual for a safety score this low.

no. 12,642 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 75 of 75 in Delft

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Is Mythologiebuurt a safe 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

53.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.0 per 1,000

Property crime

28.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 132 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

0.3 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 226,000

Welfare recipients

48.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

56%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

13%

Social housing

71%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

53%

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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

15,726 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

28%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,175

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

10%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

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Who lives here

Mythologiebuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 25%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2525%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6515%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
73% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,726 — 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 Mythologiebuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mythologiebuurt comes out at 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Mythologiebuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Mythologiebuurt?

In Mythologiebuurt the police recorded 132 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (53 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 Mythologiebuurt calculated?

Mythologiebuurt scores 2.7 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 Mythologiebuurt 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.