Firgrove
A suburb with lower reported crime, below-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Firgrove is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Firgrove, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Firgrove is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has a healthcare facility within reach.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Firgrove 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?
- 73 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 273,925 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 63 388
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 65/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 83/100
- 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 Firgrove 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?
The median property value in Firgrove is R710K. Property values have grown by 2.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R710,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.3% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 22nd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Firgrove?
Development activity in Firgrove
Firgrove 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
- R1.1M
How are schools in Firgrove?
Firgrove has 1 school within reach. Schools include Firgrove Primary School.
- Q5Firgrove Primary SchoolQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Firgrove?
Firgrove has 41 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (78%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (78%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Firgrove?
Firgrove has a service delivery index of 97 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 84% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 93.1%
- Flush toilet
- 93.1%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 84.4%
- Owner-occupied
- 75.6%
- Rented
- 7.4%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 47.2%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 26th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 61.0%
- of households receiving grants
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 89.2%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 10.8%
- No access
- 0.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 2.8%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.0 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.8
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 56.3%
- Fridge ownership
- 96.5%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 83.4%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 11.3%
- of households operate a home-based business
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Firgrove?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Firgrove in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,389 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 389
- Requests resolved
- 80% (1 106 of 1 389)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 19 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2806.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 385
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (190), No supply (112), Customer reconnection request (78)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Firgrove
Municipal debt in Firgrove averages R19 028 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R2 163 136
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R2 748 878
- Refuse
- R1 560 985
- Sewerage
- R1 130 910
- City-wide cleaning
- R30 564
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Firgrove?
Healthcare access
1 within 5km- Nearest public
- Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 2.2 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 7.6 km
- Public facilities
- 1
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Firgrove is Macassar, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 8.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 2.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Macassar Clinic · 2.2 km
- Nearest library
- Macassar · 2.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Grove Pos · 0.14 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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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Firgrove. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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.
Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.
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, Cape Town