Gersham
A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Gersham is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Gersham, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Gersham is served by schools within reach. 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 Gersham safe?
92nd 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?
- 46 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 491,057 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 83 576
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 32/100
- 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 Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Gersham 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 Gersham?
The median property value in Gersham is R1.1M. Property values have grown by 6.5% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,100,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.5% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 34th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 800k-1M
- 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 Gersham?
Development activity in Gersham
Gersham had 8 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 8
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R159K
How are schools in Gersham?
Gersham has 1 school within reach. Schools include Cornelius Gersham School.
- INDCornelius Gersham SchoolPrivateFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Gersham?
Gersham has 15 minibus taxi routes.
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 Gersham?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Gersham in a median of 1.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,050 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 050
- Requests resolved
- 78% (816 of 1 050)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 35 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2510.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 034
- Unresolved
- 23.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (152), Power outage (120), Single street light out (82)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Gersham
Municipal debt in Gersham averages R16 083 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 088 737
- Electricity
- R541 621
- Water
- R1 312 066
- Refuse
- R435 708
- Sewerage
- R823 819
- City-wide cleaning
- R35 562
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Gersham?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Sarepta Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.5 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.1 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 Gersham is Kuilsriver, 1.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Delft Swimming Pool, 4.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Sarepta Clinic, 1.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Sarepta Clinic · 1.5 km
- Nearest library
- Pd Paulse · 1.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Belhar Greenbelt · 0.05 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Delft Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Gersham. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Gersham, Cape Town