neighbourhood in Delft

Vogelbuurt-West

1,975 residents · postal code 2623 · Part of Tanthof-Oost, Delft

Top 31% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Half of the households in Vogelbuurt-West consist of one person and the share of children is below the national picture — and yet there is a 7.3 for families. That comes from the primary school four hundred metres away: distance is nearly two thirds of the pillar and weighs more here than who lives there.

Quiet & nature gets a higher score at a 6.2 than the density suggests. Greenery within three hundred metres is well above the national median, the tree canopy roughly one and a half times it, and the noise level stays below the median.

Wealth & income is the weak spot. The property value is below the national median and the number of social assistance payments almost four times above it, while the income groups themselves barely deviate from the national picture. The 4.6 therefore comes from those two components, and not from the balance between owner-occupied and rented homes, which counts for little in this pillar.

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no. 24 of 75 in Delft

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Is Vogelbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelbuurt-West comes out at 24 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

24.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 58 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

0.6 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 323,000

Welfare recipients

30.4 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

48%

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

9,533 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

63%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,281

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

0.4 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vogelbuurt-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,533 — 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 Vogelbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelbuurt-West comes out at 24 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 Vogelbuurt-West?

In Vogelbuurt-West the police recorded 58 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Vogelbuurt-West calculated?

Vogelbuurt-West scores 7.7 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 Vogelbuurt-West 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.