Chrismar
A suburb with moderate reported crime, strong school performance, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Chrismar 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. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Chrismar, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Chrismar is served by schools within reach, and matric results sit slightly below the city average. 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 Chrismar 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?
- 40 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 715,478 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 78 711
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 27/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 59/100
- 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 Chrismar 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 Chrismar?
The median property value in Chrismar is R1.8M. Property values have grown by 4.4% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,810,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.4% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 51st 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
What do utilities cost in Chrismar?
Development activity in Chrismar
Chrismar had 14 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 14
- Annual average
- 5/yr
- Avg project value
- R385K
How are schools in Chrismar?
Chrismar has 2 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 87.1%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Westcliff Spesiale Skool.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 87.1%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 187 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q5
- Q4-Q5
- –Westcliff Spesiale SkoolSpecialist provision
- Q5Bellville HoërskoolQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Chrismar?
Chrismar has 21 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (79%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (79%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Chrismar?
Chrismar has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 97% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 97.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 35.0%
- Rented
- 36.4%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 2.2%
- Violent crime
- 0.9%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 22.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 92nd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 10.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R1,196
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 93.4%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 6.6%
- No access
- 0.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.2%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 2.2%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 2.2%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.1 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.7
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 76.8%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 87.8%
- Borehole access
- 14.3%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 6.7%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 1.8%
30% of electricity connections in Chrismar 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. 1,434 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Chrismar?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Chrismar in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,868 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 868
- Requests resolved
- 75% (1 402 of 1 868)
- 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?
- 2829.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 862
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Suspect Tampering (226), Power outage (160), Sewerage overflow (132)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Chrismar
Municipal debt in Chrismar averages R9 196 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 383 911
- Electricity
- R1 698 799
- Water
- R327 437
- Refuse
- R127 496
- Sewerage
- R192 652
- City-wide cleaning
- R67 829
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Chrismar?
Healthcare access
12 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.8 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 2.2 km
- Public facilities
- 8
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Chrismar is Bellville, 1.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 0.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 0.8 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville · 2.2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Glanville Road Park · 0.26 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 Chrismar. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | 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.
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 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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Chrismar, Cape Town