Highgate
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?
Highgate is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Highgate, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Highgate. 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 Highgate safe?
54th 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?
- 45 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 2,233,578 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 239 187
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 29/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 69/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Mfuleni precinct, which covers Highgate 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 Highgate?
Planned development
73 hectares of land in Highgate are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (51ha) and Medium Density Residential (23ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Highgate is R750K. Property values have grown by 8.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R750,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +8.1% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 24th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 Highgate?
Development activity in Highgate
Highgate had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 1
- Annual average
- 0/yr
- Avg project value
- R14K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Highgate?
Highgate has 5 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 Highgate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Highgate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 346 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 346
- Requests resolved
- 74% (255 of 346)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 20 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1272.1 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 345
- Unresolved
- 26.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (112), Street lights out (65), Customer : Reconnection Request (28)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Highgate
Municipal debt in Highgate averages R18 650 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R502 506
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R989 760
- Refuse
- R437 391
- Sewerage
- R468 656
- City-wide cleaning
- R26 137
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Highgate?
Healthcare access
10 within 5km- Nearest public
- Wesbank Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 6.2 km
- Public facilities
- 10
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Highgate is Mfuleni, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 2.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Wesbank Clinic, 1.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Wesbank Clinic · 1.2 km
- Nearest library
- Delft · 2.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Eleven Ocean Pos · 0.96 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Highgate. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Highgate, Cape Town