Is Lavender Hill Safe? 34/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Lavender Hill compare to nearby suburbs?

Lavender Hill (34/100) is in the Moderate reported crime band. Nearby: Grassy Park scores 34/100, Retreat scores 38/100. See the full comparison on the Lavender Hill suburb profile.

Lavender Hill scores 34 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 4,100 across a station population of 83,766 residents. The trend is stable.

A score of 34/100 places Lavender Hill 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 37,605.

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 34/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Lavender Hill’s rate sub-index is 36/100 and its volume sub-index is 33/100. Full methodology is documented on the StreetSignal methodology page. Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026).

Why does Lavender Hill score 34 out of 100?

Lavender Hill maps to the Steenberg SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 83,766 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 36 places Lavender Hill’s per-capita harm in the moderate range. The volume sub-index of 33 means absolute crime volume is high.

How does Lavender Hill compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Lavender Hill	Steenberg	34/100	36	33	4,100	Stable
Grassy Park	Grassy Park	34/100	31	38	5,908	Stable
Retreat	Steenberg	38/100	39	37	4,100	Stable
Seawinds	Muizenberg	23/100	14	37	3,428	Up
Steenberg	Steenberg	44/100	38	52	4,100	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 Lavender Hill?

Property valuation data is not available for Lavender Hill.

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

Schools in Lavender Hill

Lavender Hill has 4 schools.

School	Phase	Sector	Quintile	LER
Hillwood Primary School	primary	public	Q4	34.7:1
Levana Primary School	primary	public	Q4	32.1:1
Prince George Primary School	primary	public	Q4	34.2:1
Lavender Hill High School	secondary	public	Q4	32.8:1

Matric results show a 89.0% aggregate pass rate across 118 candidates.

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Lavender Hill a safe area in Cape Town?

Lavender Hill falls in the moderate range for Cape Town. Lavender Hill scores 34/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime - with 4,100 annualised crimes. The Steenberg precinct serves 83,766 residents. The trend is stable.

What is the crime rate in Lavender Hill?

Lavender Hill’s Steenberg precinct records 4,100 annualised crimes across 83,766 residents. The safety index is 34/100, with a rate sub-index of 36 and volume sub-index of 33.

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