The districts of Midden-Delfland
Midden-Delfland has 19,430 residents (2026), spread across 2 districts and 13 neighbourhoods.
Safe, but not spacious
Midden-Delfland comes out at 9.2 as a municipality — better than 89% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.3; quiet and nature hold it back at 6.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Schipluiden (9.9), the lowest in Verspreide huizen Schipluiden (3.2). That is 6.7 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Midden-Delfland
- residents
- 19,430
- districts
- 2
- neighbourhoods
- 13
- km² of land
- 47.2
How Midden-Delfland scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 571 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Midden-Delfland →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Midden-Delfland →
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
The age profile of Midden-Delfland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,864 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Midden-Delfland, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Midden-Delfland →Schipluiden
Midden-Delfland
Dijkpolder
Midden-Delfland
Den Hoorn
Midden-Delfland
Maasland
Midden-Delfland
Ter Lucht
Midden-Delfland
Gaag-Schipluiden
Midden-Delfland
Weakest neighbourhoods
Verspreide huizen Schipluiden
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Verspreide huizen Duifpolder en omgeving
Midden-Delfland
Negenhuizen en Zouteveen
Midden-Delfland
The worst and the safest districts of Midden-Delfland
The worst districts of Midden-Delfland are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Midden-Delfland: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Midden-Delfland: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Midden-Delfland →
Other rankings
The 2 districts of Midden-Delfland with a grade
Sorted by total grade