Fairview Golf Estate
A suburb with lower reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Fairview Golf Estate is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Fairview Golf Estate, crime levels are stable 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 Fairview Golf Estate. 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 Fairview Golf Estate safe?
97th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 20 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
- 58,439 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 19 851
- 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 Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Fairview Golf Estate 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 Fairview Golf Estate?
Planned development
1 hectares of land in Fairview Golf Estate are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (1ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Fairview Golf Estate is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 5.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,660,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 47th 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 Fairview Golf Estate?
Development activity in Fairview Golf Estate
Fairview Golf Estate had 30 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 10 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 30
- Annual average
- 10/yr
- Avg project value
- R607K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Fairview Golf Estate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Fairview Golf Estate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 663 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 663
- Requests resolved
- 78% (517 of 663)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 12 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1400.4 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 662
- Unresolved
- 22.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (96), E - Billing Invoices (35), Power outage (32)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Fairview Golf Estate
Municipal debt in Fairview Golf Estate averages R8 698 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 364 508
- Electricity
- R546 727
- Water
- R325 750
- Refuse
- R199 480
- Sewerage
- R223 786
- City-wide cleaning
- R62 287
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Fairview Golf Estate?
Healthcare access
6 within 5km- Nearest public
- Gustrouw Clinic · Clinic · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 4 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Fairview Golf Estate is Strand, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Gustrouw Clinic, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Gustrouw Clinic · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Gordon'S Bay · 1.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- St Andrews Park · 0.03 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Related articles
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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Fairview Golf Estate, Cape Town