neighbourhood in Delft
Voorhof-Hoogbouw
2,520 residents · postal code 2624 · Part of Voorhof, Delft
- no. 11,702 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 56 of 75 in Delft
Scores per pillar
At more than 23,000 residents per square kilometre, Voorhof-Hoogbouw is among the country's most densely built quarters: post-war high-rise without a single family house. Amenities score 9.4, but nature (2.5) and housing (2.6) rank among the lowest in the Netherlands. The supermarket is 400 metres off, the station 800. At 247,000 euro and 34 per cent owner-occupied it is cheap ground; over half of all households are single-person.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Voorhof-Hoogbouw calculated?
Voorhof-Hoogbouw scores 3.3 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 Voorhof-Hoogbouw a safe neighbourhood?
Voorhof-Hoogbouw scores 5.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (30.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.