Glenhaven
A suburb with higher reported crime relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Glenhaven 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 Glenhaven, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Glenhaven is served by schools within reach. 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.
Is Glenhaven safe?
66th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 7 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (1 520) is below the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 31 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 228,173 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 19 898
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 18/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 52/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville South precinct, which covers Glenhaven 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 Glenhaven?
The median property value in Glenhaven is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 5.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,600,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.7% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 44th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- 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 Glenhaven?
Development activity in Glenhaven
Glenhaven had 15 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 15
- Annual average
- 5/yr
- Avg project value
- R183K
How are schools in Glenhaven?
Glenhaven has 1 school within reach. Schools include Athlone Skool Vir Blindes.
- –Athlone Skool Vir BlindesSpecialist provision
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Glenhaven?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Glenhaven in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,893 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 893
- Requests resolved
- 80% (1 514 of 1 893)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 17 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2804.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 888
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (208), Power outage (144), Single street light out (123)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Glenhaven
Municipal debt in Glenhaven averages R10 046 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 483 697
- Electricity
- R1 788 077
- Water
- R1 132 843
- Refuse
- R288 908
- Sewerage
- R498 233
- City-wide cleaning
- R52 060
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Glenhaven?
Healthcare access
12 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kasselsvlei Clinic/CDC · Clinic · 1.2 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.7 km
- Public facilities
- 8
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Glenhaven is Bellville, 2.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 1.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Kasselsvlei Clinic/Cdc, 1.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kasselsvlei Clinic/Cdc · 1.2 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville South · 1.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Beroma Crescent Park · 0.29 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Glenhaven. 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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Glenhaven, Cape Town