Newlands scores 40/100 on StreetSignal's safety index - Moderate reported crime. The Claremont precinct records 2,804 annualised crimes across 28,040 station residents. The crime trend is stable. This is a relative measure across Cape Town's suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee.

Is Newlands Safe? 40/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Newlands compare to nearby suburbs?

Newlands (40/100) is in the Moderate reported crime band. Nearby: Bishopscourt scores 51/100, Claremont scores 35/100, Rondebosch scores 37/100. See the full comparison on the Newlands suburb profile.

Newlands scores 40 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 2,804 across a station population of 28,040 residents. The trend is stable.

A score of 40/100 places Newlands 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 7,089.

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 40/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Newlands’s rate sub-index is 32/100 and its volume sub-index is 49/100. Full methodology is documented on the StreetSignal methodology page. Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026).

Why does Newlands score 40 out of 100?

Newlands maps to the Claremont SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 28,040 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 32 places Newlands’s per-capita harm in the higher range. The volume sub-index of 49 means absolute crime volume is moderate.

How does Newlands compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Newlands	Claremont	40/100	32	49	2,804	Stable
Bishopscourt	Claremont	51/100	38	69	2,804	Stable
Claremont	Claremont	35/100	32	38	2,804	Stable
Rondebosch	Rondebosch	37/100	34	41	1,096	Stable
Wynberg Nu	Claremont	34/100	29	39	2,804	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 Newlands?

Property valuation data is not available for Newlands.

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

Schools in Newlands

Newlands has 4 schools.

School	Phase	Sector	Quintile	LER
S.A. College Junior School	primary	public	Q5	15.8:1
Groote Schuur High School	secondary	public	Q5	21.3:1
S.A. College High School	secondary	public	Q5	15.0:1
Sans Souci Girls’ High School	secondary	public	Q5	16.9:1

Matric results show a 97.8% aggregate pass rate across 416 candidates.

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Newlands a safe area in Cape Town?

Newlands falls in the moderate range for Cape Town. Newlands scores 40/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime - with 2,804 annualised crimes. The Claremont precinct serves 28,040 residents. The trend is stable.

What is the crime rate in Newlands?

Newlands’s Claremont precinct records 2,804 annualised crimes across 28,040 residents. The safety index is 40/100, with a rate sub-index of 32 and volume sub-index of 49.

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