Broadlands
A suburb with moderate reported crime relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Broadlands is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Broadlands, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Broadlands. 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 Broadlands safe?
86th percentile among 744 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?
- 34 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 883,377 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 79 878
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 26/100
- 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 Lwandle precinct, which covers Broadlands 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 Broadlands?
Planned development
245 hectares of land in Broadlands are earmarked for new development across 4 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (223ha) and Industrial (23ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Broadlands?
Development activity in Broadlands
Broadlands had 4 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 4
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R5.6M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Broadlands?
The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (73%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (73%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Broadlands?
Broadlands has a service delivery index of 96 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 87% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 91.0%
- Flush toilet
- 91.6%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 86.7%
- Owner-occupied
- 52.2%
- Rented
- 25.4%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 7.3%
- Fire risk
- 0.6%
- Violent crime
- 9.5%
- Non-violent crime
- 2.8%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 33.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 62nd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 1
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 40.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R534
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 65.7%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 23.5%
- No access
- 10.8%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 6.5%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 1.9%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 9.9%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.5 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.0
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 60.3%
- Fridge ownership
- 93.5%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 70.0%
- Borehole access
- 3.5%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 15.1%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 1.1%
- WFH part-time
- 0.7%
10% of electricity connections in Broadlands 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. 628 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Broadlands?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Broadlands in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 287 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 287
- Requests resolved
- 71% (203 of 287)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 31 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 103.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 282
- Unresolved
- 29.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (87), Power outage (42), PPM KRN Fault (26)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Broadlands
Total outstanding municipal debt in Broadlands is R3.5M as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R1 792 927
- Electricity
- R28 539
- Water
- R982 870
- Refuse
- R60 556
- Sewerage
- R620 133
- City-wide cleaning
- R41 526
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Broadlands?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Ikwezi CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.9 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 3.8 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Broadlands is Sir Lowrys Pass, 2.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Ikwezi Cdc, 1.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Ikwezi Cdc · 1.9 km
- Nearest library
- Lwandle · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- St Andrews Park · 1.3 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Broadlands. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | 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.
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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Broadlands, Cape Town