Croydon
A suburb with moderate reported crime and below-average property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Croydon is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Croydon, crime is rising 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 Croydon. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Croydon safe?
68th 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?
- 54 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 273,925 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 63 388
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 46/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 64/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Macassar precinct, which covers Croydon 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 Croydon?
The median property value in Croydon is R1M. Property values have grown by 6.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,000,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 31st percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 Croydon?
Development activity in Croydon
Croydon had 12 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 4 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 12
- Annual average
- 4/yr
- Avg project value
- R622K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Croydon?
Croydon has 4 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 Croydon?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Croydon in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 569 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 569
- Requests resolved
- 73% (417 of 569)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 15 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 457.3 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 551
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Water leak (57), Street lights out (52), Single street light out (34)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Croydon
Municipal debt in Croydon averages R25 148 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R2 102 910
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R1 123 714
- Refuse
- R440 234
- Sewerage
- R475 232
- City-wide cleaning
- R51 932
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Croydon?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 3 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 11.3 km
- Public facilities
- 4
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Croydon is Macassar, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 7.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 3.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Macassar Clinic · 3 km
- Nearest library
- Macassar · 3.1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Alexandra Road · 0.22 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Khayelitsha Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Croydon. 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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Croydon, Cape Town