Blommendal
A suburb with moderate reported crime and above-average property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Blommendal is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Blommendal, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Blommendal. 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 Blommendal safe?
71st percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 45 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?
- 44 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 715,478 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 78 711
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 28/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville precinct, which covers Blommendal 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 Blommendal?
The median property value in Blommendal is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,385,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 64th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-2.5M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Blommendal?
Development activity in Blommendal
Blommendal had 16 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 16
- Annual average
- 5/yr
- Avg project value
- R142K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Blommendal?
The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (93%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (93%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Blommendal?
Blommendal has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 98% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 97.4%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 98.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 46.2%
- Rented
- 41.7%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.3%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 6.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 3.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 24.7%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 87th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 12.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R881
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 88.5%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 8.0%
- No access
- 1.5%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.5%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 2.5%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 6.9%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.9 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.6
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 67.1%
- Fridge ownership
- 95.9%
- Property ownership
- 2.1%
- Geyser ownership
- 96.2%
- Borehole access
- 11.2%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 12.6%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 3.6%
- WFH part-time
- 14.4%
5% of electricity connections in Blommendal receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.
Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 663 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Blommendal?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Blommendal in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 605 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 605
- Requests resolved
- 75% (454 of 605)
- 75% resolved within
- 11 days
- 90% resolved within
- 41 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1908.2 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 603
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Meter Replacement Project (90), Damaged Bin - 240L (76), Single street light out (39)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Blommendal
Municipal debt in Blommendal averages R3 479 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R310 548
- Electricity
- R439 088
- Water
- R150 114
- Refuse
- R52 080
- Sewerage
- R82 404
- City-wide cleaning
- R20 641
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Blommendal?
Healthcare access
11 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.4 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Blommendal is Bellville, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 3.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 0.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 0.4 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 2.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Peperdruif Street Park · 0.23 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Blommendal. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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).
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 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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Blommendal, Cape Town