Adriaanse
A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable property values, and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Adriaanse is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Adriaanse, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Adriaanse is served by schools within reach, and matric results are broadly in line with the city average. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Adriaanse safe?
95th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 15 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 33 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 626,167 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 88 562
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 25/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 44/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Elsies River precinct, which covers Adriaanse and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Adriaanse?
Planned development
6 hectares of land in Adriaanse are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (6ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Adriaanse is R530K. Property values have grown by 1.5% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R530,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +1.5% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 15th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Adriaanse?
How are schools in Adriaanse?
Adriaanse has 3 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 92.4%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Clarke Primêre Skool.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 92.4%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 50 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q4
- Q4-Q5
- Q4Clarke Primêre Skool
- Q4Matroosberg Holy Trinity Rc Primary Sch
- Q4Marian Rc Secondary SchoolFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Adriaanse?
Adriaanse has 50 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (46%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (46%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Adriaanse?
Adriaanse has a service delivery index of 95 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 74% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 93.9%
- Flush toilet
- 88.3%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 97.3%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 74.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 68.0%
- Rented
- 15.9%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 9.4%
- Fire risk
- 1.8%
- Violent crime
- 3.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 4.9%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 42.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 36th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 1
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 46.0%
- of households receiving grants
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 43.6%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 34.4%
- No access
- 18.1%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 11.3%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 11.8%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 9.7%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.7 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.1
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 37.5%
- Fridge ownership
- 89.8%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 59.7%
- Borehole access
- 11.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 4.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 0.7%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Adriaanse?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Adriaanse in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,554 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 554
- Requests resolved
- 63% (981 of 1 554)
- 75% resolved within
- 10 days
- 90% resolved within
- 29 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 859.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 541
- Unresolved
- 37.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (382), Street lights out (108), Plumbing (60)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Adriaanse
Municipal debt in Adriaanse averages R31 822 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R941 392
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R7 173 442
- Refuse
- R1 402 740
- Sewerage
- R2 260 922
- City-wide cleaning
- R7 275
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Adriaanse?
Healthcare access
18 within 5km- Nearest public
- Adriaanse Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.4 km
- Nearest private
- Cape Eye Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.9 km
- Public facilities
- 16
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Adriaanse is Epping, 4.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Ravensmead Swimming Pool, 1.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Adriaanse Clinic, 0.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Adriaanse Clinic · 0.4 km
- Nearest library
- Adriaanse · 0.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Melton Pos · 0.11 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Ravensmead Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Adriaanse. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Water 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).
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.
Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.
City of Cape Town. CCT Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Adriaanse, Cape Town