neighbourhood in Delft

Professorenbuurt

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

Bottom 21% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Burglary barely happens in the Professorenbuurt, and property crime and vandalism also stay below the national median; only violence is above it. That brings the safety pillar to 7.4, even though the violence component weighs most heavily within it.

The 2.7 for wealth & income is the opposite of mixed. Property value is far below the national median, the share of high incomes a fraction of it, the share of low incomes well above, the social assistance rate a multiple, and vacancy higher than average too. Every component points the same way.

Two thirds of households here consist of one person and the share of owner-occupied homes is small. That also explains the 5.3 for families: school and childcare are within walking distance, but few households with children live here and the share of young residents stays below the national median.

no. 10,353 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 61 of 75 in Delft

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Is Professorenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Professorenbuurt comes out at 21 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.

Total crime

20.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 48 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

0.7 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 272,000

Welfare recipients

47.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

11%

Social housing

62%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

29%

Built after 2000

28%

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

10,062 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,471

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

18%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Professorenbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 26%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2526%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
66% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,062 — 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 Professorenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Professorenbuurt comes out at 21 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 Professorenbuurt?

In Professorenbuurt the police recorded 48 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Professorenbuurt calculated?

Professorenbuurt scores 4.1 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 Professorenbuurt 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.