Firgrove Rural
A suburb with moderate reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Firgrove Rural is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Firgrove Rural, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Firgrove Rural. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Firgrove Rural safe?
83rd 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?
- 40 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 385,899 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 67 476
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 34/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 48/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Firgrove Rural 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 Firgrove Rural?
Planned development
619 hectares of land in Firgrove Rural are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (619ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Firgrove Rural?
Development activity in Firgrove Rural
Firgrove Rural had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were commercial or industrial builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 2
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R4.2M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Firgrove Rural?
The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (100%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (100%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Firgrove Rural?
Firgrove Rural has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 41.7%
- Rented
- 45.8%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 15.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Affluent, significant discretionary income · 99th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 8.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R542
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 95.8%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 4.2%
- No access
- 0.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 4.2%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 0.0%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 1.3 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.0
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 87.5%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 95.8%
- Borehole access
- 16.7%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
Read more: Cape Town household conditions 2026: what the survey data reveals
How responsive are municipal services in Firgrove Rural?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Firgrove Rural in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 205 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 205
- Requests resolved
- 70% (143 of 205)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 22 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 23.2 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 202
- Unresolved
- 30.0%
Top issues: Power outage (19), Sewerage overflow (17), No supply (15)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Firgrove Rural
Total outstanding municipal debt in Firgrove Rural is R4.5M as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R1 301 767
- Electricity
- R899 987
- Water
- R2 117 820
- Refuse
- R96 779
- Sewerage
- R69 715
- City-wide cleaning
- R21 955
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Firgrove Rural?
Healthcare access
2 within 5km- Nearest public
- Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 3.4 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 5.7 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Firgrove Rural is Macassar, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 5.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 3.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Macassar Clinic · 3.4 km
- Nearest library
- Macassar · 3.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- R102 Pos · 1.89 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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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Firgrove Rural. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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 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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Firgrove Rural, Cape Town