Crawford
A suburb with higher reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Crawford is a neighbourhood in Southern Suburbs, 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 are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Crawford, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Crawford 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.
Is Crawford safe?
63rd percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (1 672) is below the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 32 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 265,033 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 24 813
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 21/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 49/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Lansdowne precinct, which covers Crawford 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 Crawford?
The median property value in Crawford is R2.1M. Property values have grown by 5.2% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,100,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.2% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 59th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1.5-2M
- 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 Crawford?
Development activity in Crawford
Crawford had 81 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 27 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 81
- Annual average
- 27/yr
- Avg project value
- R733K
How are schools in Crawford?
Crawford has 1 school within reach. Schools include Thorntonweg Primary School.
- Q4Thorntonweg Primary SchoolFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
Read more: Cape Town schools and education data 2026
How connected is Crawford?
Crawford has 2 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (89%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (89%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Crawford?
Crawford has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 99% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 98.9%
- Flush toilet
- 98.9%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 98.9%
- Owner-occupied
- 34.1%
- Rented
- 46.1%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 3.3%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 27.5%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 79th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 13.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R33
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 92.3%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 5.5%
- No access
- 2.2%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 1.1%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 1.1%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 3.3%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.0 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.7
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 83.5%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 90.1%
- Borehole access
- 6.6%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 22.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
6% of electricity connections in Crawford 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. 4,293 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Crawford?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Crawford in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 5,672 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 5 672
- Requests resolved
- 76% (4 318 of 5 672)
- 75% resolved within
- 3 days
- 90% resolved within
- 10 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 4432.9 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 5 649
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Power outage (1 253), Street lights out (357), Single street light out (272)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Crawford
Municipal debt in Crawford averages R13 010 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R4 617 480
- Electricity
- R5 690 161
- Water
- R4 364 744
- Refuse
- R854 189
- Sewerage
- R1 996 504
- City-wide cleaning
- R182 189
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Crawford?
Healthcare access
26 within 5km- Nearest public
- Honeyside Satellite · Community Day Centre · 0.9 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Claremont · Private Hospital · 2.5 km
- Public facilities
- 20
- Private facilities
- 6
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Crawford is Wynberg, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Athlone Swimming Pool, 2.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Honeyside Satellite, 0.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Honeyside Satellite · 0.9 km
- Nearest library
- Lansdowne · 1.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Glenferrie Park · 0.08 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Athlone Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Related articles
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 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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