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Botfontein Smallholdings

A suburb with lower reported crime relative to Cape Town.

Safety99+/100Precinct estimate onlySchools1nearbyHealthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints5d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage1 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Botfontein Smallholdings is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Botfontein Smallholdings, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Botfontein Smallholdings is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Botfontein Smallholdings safe?

Lower reported crime

90th percentile among 744 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+ / 100Limited data — why?
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 Botfontein Smallholdings 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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Planned development

565 hectares of land in Botfontein Smallholdings are earmarked for new development across 8 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (318ha) and Industrial (230ha), and 1 other category.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Botfontein Smallholdings?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 182 / month
80% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 182Jan 2026: R1 174Feb 2026: R1 347

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Botfontein Smallholdings

↑ Increasing

Botfontein Smallholdings had 3 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
3
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R427K

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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

1 school nearby

Botfontein Smallholdings has 1 school within reach. Schools include Bottelary Primêre Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Botfontein Smallholdings will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • Q2
    Bottelary Primêre Skool
    Public · Grades R–7 · 506 learners · 26.6:1 learner-educator ratio
    No-fee schoolFavourable 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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Low connectivity

Botfontein Smallholdings has 1 minibus taxi route.

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
1 route
0th percentile · 2 destinations
Botfontein - botlary farms, Kraaifontein
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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Botfontein Smallholdings in a median of 5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 172 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 5-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
5
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
1st
Percentile
across Cape Town
7%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (62%)Single street light out (4%)Inconsiderate negligent reckless driving (4%)Internal mtr related queries (4%)Street lights out (2%)
Service requests logged
172
Requests resolved
81% (139 of 172)
75% resolved within
9 days
90% resolved within
19 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
172
Unresolved
19.0%

Top issues: Empty conservancy tank (107), Single street light out (7), Inconsiderate negligent reckless driving (6)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Botfontein Smallholdings

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Botfontein Smallholdings is R2.6M as of May 2026.

R2.6M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 958 669
Electricity
R0
Water
R399 945
Refuse
R7 061
Sewerage
R197 935
City-wide cleaning
R57 716
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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Scottsdene Clinic · Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
Public facilities
6
Private facilities
0

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

The nearest fire station to Botfontein Smallholdings is Brackenfell, 2.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 9.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Scottsdene Clinic, 2.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Scottsdene Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest library
Scottsdene · 2.1 km
Nearest park / open space
Monterey Road Pos1 · 1.17 km

Fire station

2.7
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

9.5
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
2
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

Scottsdene1.7km · R670K
30→
Protea Village1.8km · R1.4M
98→
Normandie Estate1.9km · R1.4M
100→
Northpine2.5km · R1.2M
39→
Ruwari2.6km · R2.1M
98→
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Bottelary Smallholdings 1Brackenfell SouthNormandie EstateProtea VillageScottsdeneWallacedene
Further reading

Related articles

Is Brackenfell South Safe? 47/100 Safety Index (2026)
2026-07-08
Is Scottsdene Safe? 30/100 Safety Index (2026)
2026-04-24

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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).

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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