Is Peerless Park East Safe? 48/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Peerless Park East compare to nearby suburbs?

Peerless Park East (48/100) is in the Moderate reported crime band. Nearby: Belmont Park scores 42/100, Eikendal scores 45/100, Peerless Park North scores 53/100. See the full comparison on the Peerless Park East suburb profile.

Peerless Park East scores 48 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 9,140 across a station population of 258,291 residents. The trend is down.

A score of 48/100 places Peerless Park East 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 3,825.

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 48/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Peerless Park East’s rate sub-index is 39/100 and its volume sub-index is 60/100. Full methodology is documented on the StreetSignal methodology page. Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026).

Why does Peerless Park East score 48 out of 100?

Peerless Park East maps to the Kraaifontein SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 258,291 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 39 places Peerless Park East’s per-capita harm in the moderate range. The volume sub-index of 60 means absolute crime volume is moderate.

How does Peerless Park East compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Peerless Park East	Kraaifontein	48/100	39	60	9,140	Down
Belmont Park	Kraaifontein	42/100	33	53	9,140	Down
Eikendal	Kraaifontein	45/100	36	56	9,140	Down
Peerless Park North	Kraaifontein	53/100	43	66	9,140	Down
Peerless Park West	Kraaifontein	40/100	33	49	9,140	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 Peerless Park East?

Property valuation data is not available for Peerless Park East.

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Peerless Park East a safe area in Cape Town?

Peerless Park East falls in the moderate range for Cape Town. Peerless Park East scores 48/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - moderate reported crime - with 9,140 annualised crimes. The Kraaifontein precinct serves 258,291 residents. The trend is down.

What is the crime rate in Peerless Park East?

Peerless Park East’s Kraaifontein precinct records 9,140 annualised crimes across 258,291 residents. The safety index is 48/100, with a rate sub-index of 39 and volume sub-index of 60.

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