neighbourhood in Deventer

Deltabuurt

3,110 residents · postal code 7417 · Part of Rivierenwijk en Bergweide, Deventer

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

An 8.9 for amenities and a 3.0 for wealth & income in the same streets: that is the tension in Deltabuurt. The supermarket and the GP are around the corner, but property values are far below the national middle and the social assistance rate is six times above it.

The low safety score does not come from theft. Property crime here is in fact below the national median; it is violence and vandalism that rise well above it, and violence carries the heaviest weight in that pillar. That is a different kind of insecurity from a stolen bicycle, and it explains the 3.8.

The population is young: the share of over-65s is small and relatively many children live here. Even so the families pillar stays at a 6.2, and that is down to the distance to the primary school, which is further off than most other amenities here.

no. 11,323 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 59 of 65 in Deventer

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Is Deltabuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Deltabuurt comes out at 33 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

32.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

7.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 134 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.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 236,000

Welfare recipients

48.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

33%

Built after 2000

27%

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

7,129 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,251

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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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The figures ⌄

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

29%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Deltabuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,129 — 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 Deltabuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Deltabuurt comes out at 33 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 Deltabuurt?

In Deltabuurt the police recorded 134 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Deltabuurt calculated?

Deltabuurt scores 3.5 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 Deltabuurt 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.