Carey Park
A suburb with lower reported crime, more affordable property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Carey Park is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in 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 Carey Park, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Carey Park. 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.
Is Carey Park safe?
83rd 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?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 385,899 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 67 476
- 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 Somerset West precinct, which covers Carey Park 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 Carey Park?
The median property value in Carey Park is R260K. Property values have grown by 6.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R260,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 5th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-400k
- 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 Carey Park?
Development activity in Carey Park
Carey Park had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 1
- Annual average
- 0/yr
- Avg project value
- R166K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Carey Park?
Carey Park has 41 minibus taxi routes.
Taxi connectivity
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
How responsive are municipal services in Carey Park?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Carey Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 323 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 323
- Requests resolved
- 80% (259 of 323)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1920.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 320
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: PPM KRN Fault (56), Sewerage overflow (54), PPM Display Blank (22)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Carey Park
Municipal debt in Carey Park averages R3 392 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R63 746
- Electricity
- R142 357
- Water
- R34 337
- Refuse
- R27 339
- Sewerage
- R33 905
- City-wide cleaning
- R180
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Carey Park?
Healthcare access
6 within 5km- Nearest public
- Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 1.5 km
- Public facilities
- 4
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Carey Park is Somerset West, 0.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 3.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Somerset West Cdc, 0.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Somerset West Cdc · 0.6 km
- Nearest library
- Somerset West · 0.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Garden Village Park · 0.36 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 Carey Park. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Carey Park, Cape Town