Helderberg Rural
A suburb with lower reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
Is Helderberg Rural safe?
0th 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?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 58,439 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 19 851
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Helderberg 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 Helderberg Rural?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Helderberg Rural?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Helderberg Rural?
Helderberg Rural has 1 minibus taxi route. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (80%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (80%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Helderberg Rural?
Helderberg Rural has a service delivery index of 91 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 97.2%
- Flush toilet
- 97.3%
- Weekly refuse
- 68.3%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 31.8%
- Rented
- 40.7%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 11.0%
- Fire risk
- 5.5%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 12.0%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Affluent, significant discretionary income · 100th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 11.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R22,993
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 80.0%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 11.0%
- No access
- 6.3%
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
- 3.1 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.6
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 74.5%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 90.2%
- Borehole access
- 41.6%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 23.6%
- of households operate a home-based business
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Helderberg Rural?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Helderberg Rural in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 43 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 43
- Requests resolved
- 93% (40 of 43)
- 75% resolved within
- 14 days
- 90% resolved within
- 66 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 139.2 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 42
- Unresolved
- 7.0%
Top issues: Power outage (11), Street lights out (3), Wires Down (3)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Helderberg Rural
Total outstanding municipal debt in Helderberg Rural is R547K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R481 713
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R30 308
- Refuse
- R0
- Sewerage
- R30 383
- City-wide cleaning
- R4 665
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Helderberg Rural?
Healthcare access
1 within 5km- Nearest public
- Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 4.7 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 10.3 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 Helderberg Rural is Strand, 9.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 10.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 4.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 4.7 km
- Nearest library
- Gordon'S Bay · 4.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Aurora 2 · 3.9 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 Helderberg 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 | 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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Helderberg Rural, Cape Town