neighbourhood in Delft
Roland Holstbuurt
3,815 residents · postal code 2624 · Part of Voorhof, Delft
Everything close by, little to spend
Almost three quarters of households in the Roland Holstbuurt consist of a single person, and the share of residents under fifteen is a fraction of what is usual nationally. That colours virtually every figure on this page.
Among the offences the ratio is the most interesting part. Theft occurs almost four times as often here as nationally, while violence stays below the Dutch median. That is the profile of a densely built neighbourhood where things disappear, not of a place that feels unsafe at night — and because violence weighs heaviest, the safety pillar stands at a 4.4 rather than far lower.
The wealth & income pillar shows two things that contradict each other. Almost half of households have a low income, well above the national share, while the number of social assistance claims per thousand residents sits at roughly a third of the Dutch level. A low property value does the rest, and together that yields a 3.7.
- no. 6,719 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 75 in Delft
How Roland Holstbuurt scores
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Is Roland Holstbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Roland Holstbuurt comes out at 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Roland Holstbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 236 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
Roland Holstbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 33%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–2533%
NL median 11%
- 25–4533%
NL median 22%
- 45–6514%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
74% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
9% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,970 — 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 Roland Holstbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Roland Holstbuurt comes out at 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Roland Holstbuurt 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 Roland Holstbuurt?
In Roland Holstbuurt the police recorded 236 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (48 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 Roland Holstbuurt calculated?
Roland Holstbuurt scores 6.1 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 Roland Holstbuurt 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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