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Delro Village

A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Delro Village is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Delro Village, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Delro Village. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Delro Village safe?

Moderate reported crime

54th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very highAbsolute crime volume
9 264 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 5.5% 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?
44 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
2,233,578 per 100k residents
Station population
239 187
Harm rate (per resident)
29/100
Harm volume (absolute)
66/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Mfuleni precinct, which covers Delro Village 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 Delro Village?

23rd percentile

The median property value in Delro Village is R730K. Property values have grown by 5.8% per year since 2018.

A 5.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Delro Village 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
R730,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.8% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
23rd 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Delro Village?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 002 / month
52% above city median
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R2 752Jan 2026: R856Feb 2026: R1 002

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Delro Village

↓ Decreasing

Delro Village had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
2
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R259K

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).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Delro Village?

Moderate connectivity

Delro Village has 13 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Moderate connectivity
13 routes
47th percentile · 13 destinations
Bellville, Brentwood park, Delft, Eerste river, Eersterivier, Elsies river +7 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 Delro Village?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Delro Village in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 187 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
23rd
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (19%)Street lights out (6%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)No water 20mm and below (5%)Customer : Reconnection Request (4%)
Service requests logged
187
Requests resolved
73% (137 of 187)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
21 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
187
Unresolved
27.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (36), Street lights out (11), Damaged Bin - 240L (10)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Delro Village

834% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Delro Village averages R82 330 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R82 330
per account
834% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R82 330Apr 2026: R82 538May 2026: R76 386
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R865 103
Electricity
R0
Water
R1 868 297
Refuse
R887 299
Sewerage
R1 026 670
City-wide cleaning
R12 175
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 Delro Village?

Well served

Healthcare access

10 within 5km
Nearest public
Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.8 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 7.3 km
Public facilities
10
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Delro Village is Mfuleni, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 0.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
Blue Downs Clinic · 0.8 km
Nearest library
Mfuleni · 2.2 km
Nearest park / open space
Fountainhead Pos · 0.71 km

Fire station

2.1
km to nearest
fire station
Mfuleni
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

0.5
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
7
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Blue Downs 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

Hindle Park310m · R650K
43
Blue Downs CBD625m · R670K
39
Fountain Village713m · R360K
32
Fairdale788m · R282K
26
Silversands1.1km · R850K
31
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Delro Village. 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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