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Professorenbuurt

2,120 residents · postal code 2628 · Part of Wippolder, Delft

  • no. 11,788 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 59 of 75 in Delft
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Scores per pillar

The Professorenbuurt in the Wippolder is TU Delft territory: two thirds of households live alone and only 11 percent of homes are owner-occupied — student housing dominates. Safety nonetheless scores a tidy 7.2 with nearly 21 crimes per 1,000 people present. Campus, sports fields and old town are all a bike ride away. Overall: 3.2 — the grade of a campus quarter, not a problem area.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
2.3 km
Hospital
3.7 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
20.8
Violent crimes
2.3
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 272,000
Owner-occupied
11%
Single-family homes
29%
Built after 2000
28%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 26%25–45 29%45–65 19%65+ 14%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
18%
Single-person households
66%
Residents per km²
10,062

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9.1

Wippolder-Noord

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5.2

Emerald Noord

Pijnacker-Nootdorp

9.3

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Professorenbuurt calculated?

Professorenbuurt scores 3.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Professorenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Professorenbuurt scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (20.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.