De Oude Spruit
A suburb with lower reported crime and above-average property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
De Oude Spruit 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 well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In De Oude Spruit, crime levels are stable 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 De Oude Spruit. 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 De Oude Spruit safe?
90th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 31 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+ / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 101,507 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 53 147
- 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 Brackenfell precinct, which covers De Oude Spruit 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 De Oude Spruit?
The median property value in De Oude Spruit is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 6.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,400,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 65th 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 De Oude Spruit?
Development activity in De Oude Spruit
De Oude Spruit had 35 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 12 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 35
- Annual average
- 12/yr
- Avg project value
- R444K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is De Oude Spruit?
De Oude Spruit has 1 minibus taxi route.
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 De Oude Spruit?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in De Oude Spruit in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 913 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 913
- Requests resolved
- 75% (683 of 913)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 21 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2102.3 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 911
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (83), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (60), Power outage (58)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in De Oude Spruit
Municipal debt in De Oude Spruit averages R3 630 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R726 368
- Electricity
- R375 590
- Water
- R314 729
- Refuse
- R142 395
- Sewerage
- R168 487
- City-wide cleaning
- R42 909
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near De Oude Spruit?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Brackenfell Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.3 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to De Oude Spruit is Brackenfell, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 5.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Brackenfell Clinic, 2.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Brackenfell Clinic · 2 km
- Nearest library
- Brackenfell · 2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- De Oude Spruit Populier · 0.04 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
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Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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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De Oude Spruit, Cape Town