Fish Hoek scores 41/100 on StreetSignal's safety index - Moderate reported crime. The Fish Hoek precinct records 1,252 annualised crimes across 44,574 station residents. The crime trend is down. This is a relative measure across Cape Town's suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee.

Is Fish Hoek Safe? 41/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Fish Hoek compare to nearby suburbs?

Fish Hoek (41/100) is in the Moderate reported crime band. Nearby: Cape Farms - District H scores 38/100, Clovelly scores 99+/100, Glencairn scores 99+/100. See the full comparison on the Fish Hoek suburb profile.

Fish Hoek scores 41 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 1,252 across a station population of 44,574 residents. The trend is down.

A score of 41/100 places Fish Hoek in the moderate reported crime category across Cape Town’s 736 suburbs with safety data (of 744 total). The suburb has a Census 2022 population of 10,881.

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 41/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Fish Hoek’s rate sub-index is 35/100 and its volume sub-index is 47/100. Full methodology is documented on the StreetSignal methodology page. Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026).

Why does Fish Hoek score 41 out of 100?

Fish Hoek maps to the Fish Hoek SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 44,574 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 35 places Fish Hoek’s per-capita harm in the moderate range. The volume sub-index of 47 means absolute crime volume is moderate.

How does Fish Hoek compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Fish Hoek	Fish Hoek	41/100	35	47	1,252	Down
Cape Farms - District H	Simon’s Town	38/100	29	50	596	Down
Clovelly	Fish Hoek	99+/100	99+	99+	1,252	Down
Glencairn	Simon’s Town	99+/100	99+	99+	596	Down
Noordhoek	Fish Hoek	99+/100	99+	99+	1,252	Down
Sun Valley	Fish Hoek	56/100	46	68	1,252	Down

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 Fish Hoek?

Property valuation data is not available for Fish Hoek.

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

Schools in Fish Hoek

Fish Hoek has 6 schools.

School	Phase	Sector	Quintile	LER
Ubuntu Football Academy	combined	independent	Q2	6.4:1
Peak Academy	secondary	independent	N/A	9.4:1
Fish Hoek Primary School	primary	public	Q5	16.7:1
Bay Primary School	primary	public	Q5	16.5:1
Paul Greyling Primêre Skool	primary	public	Q5	14.8:1
Fish Hoek High School	secondary	public	Q5	18.1:1

Matric results show a 100.0% aggregate pass rate across 203 candidates.

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Fish Hoek a safe area in Cape Town?

Fish Hoek falls in the moderate range for Cape Town. Fish Hoek scores 41/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime - with 1,252 annualised crimes. The Fish Hoek precinct serves 44,574 residents. The trend is down.

What is the crime rate in Fish Hoek?

Fish Hoek’s Fish Hoek precinct records 1,252 annualised crimes across 44,574 residents. The safety index is 41/100, with a rate sub-index of 35 and volume sub-index of 47.

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