Bonteheuwel scores 26/100 on StreetSignal's safety index - Higher reported crime. The Bishop Lavis precinct records 7,448 annualised crimes across 118,121 station residents. The crime trend is up. This is a relative measure across Cape Town's suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee.

Is Bonteheuwel Safe? 26/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Bonteheuwel compare to nearby suburbs?

Bonteheuwel (26/100) is in the Higher reported crime band. Nearby: Bridgetown scores 28/100, Charlesville scores 65/100, Guguletu scores 13/100. See the full comparison on the Bonteheuwel suburb profile.

Bonteheuwel scores 26 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - higher reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 7,448 across a station population of 118,121 residents. The trend is up.

A score of 26/100 places Bonteheuwel in the higher reported crime category across Cape Town’s 736 suburbs with safety data (of 744 total). The suburb has a Census 2022 population of 56,602.

A note on methodology: StreetSignal’s safety index is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town’s 744 suburbs; it is not an absolute safety guarantee. The index is a composite of two sub-dimensions: harm-per-resident (rate) and absolute harm volume. A score of 26/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Bonteheuwel’s rate sub-index is 28/100 and its volume sub-index is 24/100. Full methodology is documented on the StreetSignal methodology page. Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026).

Why does Bonteheuwel score 26 out of 100?

Bonteheuwel maps to the Bishop Lavis SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 118,121 across multiple suburbs. StreetSignal assigns the primary precinct as the data source. All suburbs under the same precinct receive an identical safety index. This is a known limitation of precinct-level data: the score reflects the precinct as a whole, not any individual suburb within it.

The rate sub-index of 28 places Bonteheuwel’s per-capita harm in the higher range. The volume sub-index of 24 means absolute crime volume is high.

How does Bonteheuwel compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Bonteheuwel	Bishop Lavis	26/100	28	24	7,448	Up
Bridgetown	Athlone	28/100	22	36	4,444	Down
Charlesville	Bishop Lavis	65/100	52	81	7,448	Up
Guguletu	Gugulethu	13/100	18	10	5,804	Down
Heideveld	Manenberg	31/100	29	33	4,860	Down
Kalksteenfontein	Bishop Lavis	40/100	32	50	7,448	Up

A methodology note on shared precincts: Suburbs under the same SAPS precinct receive identical safety indices because the underlying crime data is reported at precinct level, not suburb level. Matching scores between suburbs in the table above may indicate a shared precinct.

What does property cost in Bonteheuwel?

Property valuation data is not available for Bonteheuwel.

For a broader property analysis, see Cape Town property values 2026.

Schools in Bonteheuwel

Bonteheuwel has 16 schools.

School	Phase	Sector	Quintile	LER
Arcadia Primary School	primary	public	Q4	33.9:1
Bergsig Primary School	primary	public	Q4	34.4:1
Bramble Way Primary School	primary	public	Q4	28.4:1
Boundary Primary School	primary	public	Q4	27.1:1
Cedar Primary School	primary	public	Q4	33.3:1
Central Park Primary School	primary	public	Q4	24.6:1
Disa Primary School	primary	public	Q4	25.0:1
Klipfontein Primêre Skool	primary	public	Q4	29.8:1

Matric results show a 78.3% aggregate pass rate across 350 candidates.

For a full analysis, see Cape Town schools and education 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Is Bonteheuwel a safe area in Cape Town?

Bonteheuwel records higher reported crime relative to most Cape Town suburbs. Bonteheuwel scores 26/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - higher reported crime - with 7,448 annualised crimes. The Bishop Lavis precinct serves 118,121 residents. The trend is up.

What is the crime rate in Bonteheuwel?

Bonteheuwel’s Bishop Lavis precinct records 7,448 annualised crimes across 118,121 residents. The safety index is 26/100, with a rate sub-index of 28 and volume sub-index of 24.

Search Bonteheuwel’s full neighbourhood profile on StreetSignal for the complete data across safety, property, schools, and services.