neighbourhood in Delft

Voorhof-Hoogbouw

2,520 residents · postal code 2624 · Part of Voorhof, Delft

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

More than twenty-three thousand residents per square kilometre: Voorhof-Hoogbouw is among the most densely built parts of the Netherlands, and that explains the two extremes in its figures. Everything is close by, hence the 9.4 for amenities, and there is barely any space left over, hence the 3.4 for quiet & nature at a noise level far above the national middle.

The 2.9 for wealth & income is not the result of a single component. The property value is far below the median, the share of higher incomes below it, the share of lower incomes above it, the social assistance rate almost seven times the national middle, and vacancy is higher too. That safety comes out around the middle at 5.1 is, for a neighbourhood at this density, the most striking result.

no. 9,988 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 56 of 75 in Delft

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Is Voorhof-Hoogbouw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Voorhof-Hoogbouw comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

30.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

14.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 92 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 247,000

Welfare recipients

55.6 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

34%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

23,527 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,459

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

0.6 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Voorhof-Hoogbouw has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2521%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
23,527 — 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 Voorhof-Hoogbouw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Voorhof-Hoogbouw comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Voorhof-Hoogbouw?

In Voorhof-Hoogbouw the police recorded 92 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Voorhof-Hoogbouw calculated?

Voorhof-Hoogbouw scores 4.3 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 Voorhof-Hoogbouw 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.