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Green Point

A suburb with moderate reported crime, among the highest property values in Cape Town, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Green Point is a neighbourhood in Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average 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 Green Point, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Green Point 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Green Point safe?

Moderate reported crime

76th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

ModerateAbsolute crime volume
4 072 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 4.2% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
47 / 100
Contact crime rate
111,731 per 100k residents
Station population
37 472
Harm rate (per resident)
41/100
Harm volume (absolute)
55/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Sea Point precinct, which covers Green Point and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Green Point?

97th percentile

Planned development

14 hectares of land in Green Point are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (14ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Green Point is R7.9M. Property values have grown by 0.1% per year since 2018.

A 0.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Green Point properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R7,870,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+0.1% per year
City-wide value percentile
97th percentile
Dominant value band
3-3.5M
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Green Point?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 834 / month
179% above city median
Electricity
R2 430 / month
28% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R2 858Jan 2026: R1 777Feb 2026: R1 834
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 485Jan 2026: R2 430Feb 2026: R1 840

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Green Point

↓ Decreasing

Green Point had 128 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 43 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
128
Annual average
43/yr
Avg project value
R3.2M

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Green Point?

1 school nearby

Green Point has 1 school within reach. Schools include Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Green Point will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard
    Independent · Grades R–12 · 489 learners · 10.6:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Green Point?

Private vehicle dominant

Green Point has 32 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (92%).

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Well connected
32 routes
80th percentile · 20 destinations · CBD-connected
Camps bay, Camps bay (via high level rd), Camps bay (via main rd), Camps bay (via western blvd), Cape town, Dock rd,cape town +14 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Green Point needs a car. The 92% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
92%
Walking
2%
MyCiTi bus
4%
Minibus taxi
2%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Private vehicle (92%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Green Point?

Full municipal services

Green Point has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, De Waterkant/Green Point/Sea Point survey group (85 households). direct.

› Zero households report hunger or food deprivation across all measured dimensions.› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R8,114) is 4.8× the city median of R1,674.› No material deprivation recorded across any of the 8 measured dimensions.› High digital connectivity: 95% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99+City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
100.0%
Weekly refuse
99.1%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Transient or rental-dominated

100City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
18.4%
Rented
71.6%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

7risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Low material stress

Food spending share
23.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 89th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
4.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R1,471
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
94.9%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
4.1%
No access
0.5%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.0%
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
1.8 people
Avg children per household
0.2

Asset ownership

Computer access
85.3%
Fridge ownership
99.1%
Property ownership
0.5%
Geyser ownership
93.7%
Borehole access
5.9%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
6.5%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
0.9%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: De Waterkant/Green Point/Sea Point. direct.

Energy access
2%
Free basic electricity
5.6%
City median

2% of electricity connections in Green Point receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.

Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 6,716 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Green Point?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Green Point in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 6,462 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Green Point residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
66th
Percentile
across Cape Town
34%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (10%)Meter Replacement Project (7%)Street lights out (7%)Sewerage overflow (5%)Single street light out (5%)
Service requests logged
6 462
Requests resolved
75% (4 855 of 6 462)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
15 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

5 registered
Christian
4
Jewish
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
1892.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
6 443
Unresolved
25.0%

Top issues: Power outage (634), Meter Replacement Project (430), Street lights out (417)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Green Point

205% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Green Point averages R26 883 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R26 883
per account
205% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R25 102Apr 2026: R26 883May 2026: R28 585
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R15 413 814
Electricity
R5 229 421
Water
R3 583 576
Refuse
R723 005
Sewerage
R1 732 641
City-wide cleaning
R958 941
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Green Point?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
New Somerset Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.8 km
Nearest private
Netcare Christiaan Barnard Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.3 km
Public facilities
3
Private facilities
3

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Green Point is Sea Point, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Long Street Swimming Pool, 2.3 km away. The nearest clinic is New Somerset Hospital, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
New Somerset Hospital · 0.8 km
Nearest library
Colin Eglin Sea Point · 1 km
Nearest park / open space
Moullie Point Park + Adventure Park · 0.88 km

Fire station

2.4
km to nearest
fire station
Sea Point
community station
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

2.3
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
6
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Long Street Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Mouille Point773m · R7.6M
51
Three Anchor Bay1.0km · R5.7M
53
Bo-Kaap1.4km · R3M
23
Cape Town City Centre2.0km · R7.6M
25
Sea Point2.1km · R6.5M
40
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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Green Point. 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 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT Household SurveyCCT Service Requests

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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