Harare scores 3/100 on StreetSignal's safety index - Higher reported crime. The Harare precinct records 4,072 annualised crimes across 63,292 station residents. The crime trend is stable. This is a relative measure across Cape Town's suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee.

Is Harare (Khayelitsha) Safe? 3/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Harare compare to nearby suburbs?

Harare (3/100) is in the Higher reported crime band. Nearby: Good Hope scores 89/100, Ilitha Park scores 82/100. See the full comparison on the Harare suburb profile.

Harare - the neighbourhood in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, not the capital of Zimbabwe - scores 3 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - higher reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 4,072 across a station population of 63,292 residents. The trend is stable.

A score of 3/100 places Harare 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 34,458.

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 3/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Harare’s rate sub-index is 1/100 and its volume sub-index is 12/100. Full methodology is documented on the StreetSignal methodology page. Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026).

Why does Harare score 3 out of 100?

Harare maps to the Harare SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 63,292 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 1 places Harare’s per-capita harm in the higher range. The volume sub-index of 12 means absolute crime volume is high.

How does Harare compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Harare	Harare	3/100	1	12	4,072	Stable
Mandela Park	Harare	12/100	8	18	4,072	Stable

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 Harare?

Property valuation data is not available for Harare.

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

Schools in Harare

Harare has 5 schools.

School	Phase	Sector	Quintile	LER
Molo Mhlaba Primary School	combined	independent	N/A	19.6:1
St. Michaels Primary School (Khayelitsh	primary	independent	Q2	23.7:1
Luleka Primary School	primary	public	Q2	42.9:1
Isiphiwo Primary School	primary	public	Q2	37.5:1
Kwamfundo Secondary School	secondary	public	Q2	48.4:1

Matric results show a 84.7% aggregate pass rate across 229 candidates.

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Harare a safe area in Cape Town?

Harare records higher reported crime relative to most Cape Town suburbs. Harare scores 3/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - higher reported crime - with 4,072 annualised crimes. The Harare precinct serves 63,292 residents. The trend is stable.

What is the crime rate in Harare?

Harare’s Harare precinct records 4,072 annualised crimes across 63,292 residents. The safety index is 3/100, with a rate sub-index of 1 and volume sub-index of 12.

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