Rylands scores 33/100 on StreetSignal's safety index - Higher reported crime. The Athlone precinct records 4,444 annualised crimes across 80,519 station residents. The crime trend is down. This is a relative measure across Cape Town's suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee.

Is Rylands Safe? 33/100 Safety Index (2026)

Q: How does Rylands compare to nearby suburbs?

Rylands (33/100) is in the Higher reported crime band. Nearby: Belgravia scores 31/100, Bridgetown scores 28/100, Gatesville scores 32/100. See the full comparison on the Rylands suburb profile.

Rylands scores 33 out of 100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - higher reported crime. Its annualised crime count is 4,444 across a station population of 80,519 residents. The trend is down.

A score of 33/100 places Rylands 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 3,815.

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 33/100 is a relative index, not a percentile rank. Rylands’s rate sub-index is 22/100 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 Rylands score 33 out of 100?

Rylands maps to the Athlone SAPS precinct. The precinct serves a station population of 80,519 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 22 places Rylands’s per-capita harm in the higher range. The volume sub-index of 49 means absolute crime volume is moderate.

How does Rylands compare to nearby suburbs?

Suburb	Precinct	Safety index	Rate	Volume	Annualised crimes	Trend
Rylands	Athlone	33/100	22	49	4,444	Down
Belgravia	Athlone	31/100	22	44	4,444	Down
Bridgetown	Athlone	28/100	22	36	4,444	Down
Gatesville	Athlone	32/100	21	49	4,444	Down
Penlyn Estate	Lansdowne	35/100	23	53	1,672	Down
Silvertown	Athlone	25/100	17	37	4,444	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 Rylands?

Property valuation data is not available for Rylands.

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

Schools in Rylands

Rylands has 2 schools.

School	Phase	Sector	Quintile	LER
Rylands Primary School	primary	public	Q5	30.4:1
Habibia Primary School	primary	public	Q5	26.3:1

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Rylands a safe area in Cape Town?

Rylands records higher reported crime relative to most Cape Town suburbs. Rylands scores 33/100 on StreetSignal’s safety index - higher reported crime - with 4,444 annualised crimes. The Athlone precinct serves 80,519 residents. The trend is down.

What is the crime rate in Rylands?

Rylands’s Athlone precinct records 4,444 annualised crimes across 80,519 residents. The safety index is 33/100, with a rate sub-index of 22 and volume sub-index of 49.

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