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Admirals Park

A suburb with lower reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

#1 Safest Suburbs#1 Affordable & Safe#5 Best for Investment

What's it like to live here?

Admirals Park is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Admirals Park, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Admirals Park. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Admirals Park safe?

Lower reported crime

97th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 20 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume
1 356 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 2.7% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low by Cape Town standards. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
99+ / 100
Contact crime rate
58,439 per 100k residents
Station population
19 851
Harm rate (per resident)
99+/100
Harm volume (absolute)
99+/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Admirals Park and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Admirals Park?

37th percentile

The median property value in Admirals Park is R1.3M. Property values have grown by 7.6% per year since 2018.

A 7.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Admirals Park properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R1,300,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+7.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
37th percentile
Dominant value band
800k-1M
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Admirals Park?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R586 / month
11% below city median
Electricity
R1 319 / month
31% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R586Jan 2026: R693Feb 2026: R515
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 389Jan 2026: R1 319Feb 2026: R1 030

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Admirals Park

↑ Increasing

Admirals Park had 28 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 9 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
28
Annual average
9/yr
Avg project value
R277K

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Admirals Park?

Low connectivity

Admirals Park has 3 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Low connectivity
3 routes
15th percentile · 5 destinations
Gordons bay, Sir lowrys pass town, Strand, Temperance town, Temperance town (gordons bay)
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Admirals Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Admirals Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 615 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Admirals Park residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
48th
Percentile
across Cape Town
42%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (12%)Power outage (9%)Sewerage overflow (9%)E - Billing Invoices (5%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged
615
Requests resolved
84% (515 of 615)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
14 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
1076.5 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
612
Unresolved
16.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (72), Power outage (56), Sewerage overflow (51)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Admirals Park

48% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Admirals Park averages R4 589 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R4 589
per account
48% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R4 589Apr 2026: R4 681May 2026: R4 499
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R393 662
Electricity
R461 548
Water
R143 688
Refuse
R169 635
Sewerage
R76 687
City-wide cleaning
R14 443
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Admirals Park?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 5.3 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Admirals Park is Strand, 4.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 5.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 0.6 km away.

Nearest clinic
Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 0.6 km
Nearest library
Gordon'S Bay · 1.2 km
Nearest park / open space
Neptune Park · 0.17 km

Fire station

4.6
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

5.6
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Anchorage Park298m · R1.6M
100
Protea Park - Gordon's Bay517m
51
Sea Breeze Park643m · R1.4M
100
Temperance Town651m · R293K
100
Mountainside Ext 2782m · R2.7M
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Admirals Park. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026

Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Service Requests

South African Police Service, via DataFirst (UCT). SAPS crime statistics, 2019-2026 [dataset]. DOI: 10.25828/5MAW-4H90. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. City of Cape Town open data, 2022–2025 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

Statistics South Africa. Stats SA Census 2022, 2022 [dataset]. Stats SA standard terms (permissive). Analysis is the user's own and not endorsed by Stats SA.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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