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Colorado Park

A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Safety50/100Safer than 77% of Cape Town suburbs (relative)Property6-800kTop 70%Schools1nearbyHealthcare16 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Colorado Park is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In Colorado Park, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Colorado Park is served by schools within reach. 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Colorado Park safe?

Moderate reported crime

39th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 12 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

HighAbsolute crime volume
6 536 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 0.4% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
50 / 100
Contact crime rate
603,187 per 100k residents
Station population
88 238
Harm rate (per resident)
36/100
Harm volume (absolute)
69/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Lentegeur precinct, which covers Colorado Park 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 Colorado Park?

30th percentile

Planned development

11 hectares of land in Colorado Park are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (8ha) and Public Service (3ha).

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

The median property value in Colorado Park is R970K. Property values have grown by 5.6% per year since 2018.

A 5.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Colorado Park properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R970,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
30th percentile
Dominant value band
6-800k
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Colorado Park?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R385 / month
42% below city median
Electricity
R1 822 / month
4% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R455Jan 2026: R385Feb 2026: R358
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 026Jan 2026: R1 822Feb 2026: R1 420

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Colorado Park

↑ Increasing

Colorado Park had 48 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 16 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
48
Annual average
16/yr
Avg project value
R415K

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 Colorado Park?

1 school nearby

Colorado Park has 1 school within reach. Schools include Washington Drive Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Colorado Park will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • Q5
    Washington Drive Primary School
    Public · Grades R–7 · 876 learners · 38.1:1 learner-educator ratio
    Quintile 5School fees apply

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 Colorado Park?

Connected

Colorado Park has 18 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

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 ›

Connected
18 routes
64th percentile · 16 destinations · CBD-connected
Cape town, Cape town (via mowbray), Cape town (via n2, eastern blvd), Cape town (via samora machel, vanguard, n2), Century city, London village +10 more
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 Colorado Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Colorado Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 3,493 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Colorado Park residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
59th
Percentile
across Cape Town
34%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (9%)Stolen Bins - 240L (7%)Sewerage overflow (6%)Power outage (6%)Customer : Reconnection Request (6%)
Service requests logged
3 493
Requests resolved
80% (2 781 of 3 493)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
13 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

2 registered
Christian
1
Islamic
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
3 491
Unresolved
20.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (300), Stolen Bins - 240L (245), Sewerage overflow (225)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Colorado Park

57% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Colorado Park averages R13 837 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R13 837
per account
57% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R14 322Apr 2026: R13 837May 2026: R13 777
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R3 831 240
Electricity
R4 646 990
Water
R7 667 240
Refuse
R2 256 582
Sewerage
R2 902 855
City-wide cleaning
R91 260
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 Colorado Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

16 within 5km
Nearest public
Weltevreden Valley Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.1 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 4.2 km
Public facilities
15
Private facilities
1

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Colorado Park is Mitchells Plain, 2.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Lentegeur Swimming Pool, 1.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Weltevreden Valley Clinic, 1.1 km away.

Nearest clinic
Weltevreden Valley Clinic · 1.1 km
Nearest library
Weltevreden · 1.1 km
Nearest park / open space
Skateboard Park · 0 km

Fire station

2
km to nearest
fire station
Mitchells Plain
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

1.9
km to nearest
public pool
4
pools
within 5 km
14
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Lentegeur 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

Wildwood772m · R1.1M
→
Highlands Village789m · R740K
→
Hydepark915m · R980K
→
Rondevlei Park1.2km · R820K
→
New Woodlands1.2km · R642K
→
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Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

8 adjacent

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

Highlands VillageLentegeurNew WoodlandsPhilippiRondevlei ParkWeltevreden ValleyWildwoodWoodlands

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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).

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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