Arauna has a safety index of 99+ out of 100 (Lower reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Brackenfell precinct recorded approximately 2,840 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is below the city average.

Is Arauna affordable?

Arauna sits in the mid-range for Cape Town property values. The median is R2M, placing it in the 57th percentile, broadly in line with the city median. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

What are utility costs in Arauna?

The median monthly water cost per account in Arauna is R796, 21% above the city median of R658.

What is the municipal debt in Arauna?

As of May 2026, the average outstanding municipal debt per account in Arauna is R6,692, 24% below the city median of R8,815. Figures include all account types, so may overstate household debt in areas with commercial activity.

Arauna

A suburb with lower reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Safety99+/100Safer than 94% of Cape Town suburbs (relative)Property1-1.5MTop 43%Schools1nearby Healthcare7 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coverage2 routes serving the area

Data current as of June 2026

#3 Safest Suburbs #16 Best for Investment

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Arauna is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In Arauna, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Arauna is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.

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 Arauna safe?

Lower reported crime

Higher crimeModerateLower crime

90th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 31 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume

2 840 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280

↓ 1.1% 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: 101,507 per 100k residents
Station population: 53 147
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 Brackenfell precinct, which covers Arauna and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Arauna?

57th percentile

The median property value in Arauna is R2M. Property values have grown by 4.9% per year since 2018.

A 4.9% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Arauna properties (GV2022)

0-200k

6-800k

800k-1M

1-1.5M ◀

1.5-2M

2-2.5M

2.5-3M

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: R2,010,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022): +4.9% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile: 57th percentile
Dominant value band: 1-1.5M
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 Arauna?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data

Water

R796 / month

21% above city median

Electricity

R2 307 / month

21% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs

Based on a small number of accounts

Water trend:Dec 2025: R865Jan 2026: R796Feb 2026: R641

Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 380Jan 2026: R2 267Feb 2026: R2 307

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Arauna

↑ Increasing

Arauna had 8 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals: 8
Annual average: 3/yr
Avg project value: R198K

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Arauna?

1 school nearby

Arauna has 1 school within reach. Schools include Brackenfell Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Arauna will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›

Q5
Brackenfell Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,599 learners · 27.1:1 learner-educator ratio
Quintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Arauna?

Low connectivity

Arauna has 2 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Low connectivity

2 routes

7th percentile · 2 destinations

Kraaifontein, Scottsville - brackenfell

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 Arauna?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Arauna in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 563 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 Arauna residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

49th

Percentile
across Cape Town

30%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (15%)Single street light out (8%)Run to waste (6%)Power outage (6%)Street lights out (6%)

Service requests logged: 563
Requests resolved: 68% (383 of 563)
75% resolved within: 6 days
90% resolved within: 18 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered

Christian

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 913.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 561
Unresolved: 32.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (84), Single street light out (43), Run to waste (34)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Arauna

24% below city median

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Arauna averages R6 692 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R6 692

per account

24% below city median

Trend:Mar 2026: R6 692Apr 2026: R7 234May 2026: R6 193

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R221 367
Electricity: R206 803
Water: R96 579
Refuse: R44 891
Sewerage: R60 204
City-wide cleaning: R8 070
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 Arauna?

Well served

Healthcare access

7 within 5km

Nearest public: Brackenfell Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.5 km
Nearest private: Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 3 km
Public facilities: 6
Private facilities: 1

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Arauna is Brackenfell, 2.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 5.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Brackenfell Clinic, 0.5 km away.

Nearest clinic: Brackenfell Clinic · 0.5 km
Nearest library: Brackenfell · 0.5 km
Nearest park / open space: Arauna Road Park · 0.02 km

Fire station

2.2

km to nearest
fire station

Brackenfell

community station

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

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Morning Star 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

St Michaels546m · R1.9M

98→

Edenpark562m · R1.9M

100→

Bracken Heights587m · R2.1M

100→

Springbokpark722m · R1.6M

100→

Brackenfell Central937m

→

Similar safety & property profile

Similar suburbs

5 matches

Morgenster HeightsR1.5-2M

100→

FerndaleR6-800k

100→

Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Bracken Heights Brackenfell Central Edenpark Morgenster Heights Springbokpark St Michaels

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 SADBE SchoolsCCT 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.

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

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Arauna

What's it like to live here?

How is the area changing?

What should buyers know?

Is Arauna safe?

What do properties cost in Arauna?

What do utilities cost in Arauna?

Development activity in Arauna

How are schools in Arauna?

How connected is Arauna?

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 ›

How responsive are municipal services in Arauna?

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Municipal debt in Arauna

What services are near Arauna?

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