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Hillcrest Heights

A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Safety36/100Safer than 35% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) · ↑ WorseningProperty4-600kTop 77%Schools1nearbyHealthcare13 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilNear avg complaints2d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Hillcrest Heights 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. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In Hillcrest Heights, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Hillcrest Heights 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Hillcrest Heights safe?

Moderate reported crime

81st percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 17 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very highAbsolute crime volume
7 496 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 5.9% vs Q3 2024
A middle-of-the-range area where crime has been increasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Review the breakdown below for a clearer picture.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
36 / 100
Contact crime rate
881,028 per 100k residents
Station population
107 810
Harm rate (per resident)
25/100
Harm volume (absolute)
51/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kleinvlei precinct, which covers Hillcrest Heights 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 Hillcrest Heights?

23rd percentile

Planned development

74 hectares of land in Hillcrest Heights are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (71ha) and Commercial (3ha).

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

The median property value in Hillcrest Heights is R740K. Property values have grown by 5.5% per year since 2018.

A 5.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Hillcrest Heights 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
R740,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.5% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
23rd 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Hillcrest Heights?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R451 / month
32% below city median
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R587Jan 2026: R426Feb 2026: R451

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Hillcrest Heights

↑ Increasing

Hillcrest Heights had 15 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
15
Annual average
5/yr
Avg project value
R1.8M

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 Hillcrest Heights?

1 school nearby

Hillcrest Heights has 1 school within reach. Schools include Blueberry Hill High School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Hillcrest Heights will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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    Blueberry Hill High School
    Public · Grades 8–12 · 13 learners

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 Hillcrest Heights?

Moderate connectivity

Hillcrest Heights has 12 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Moderate connectivity
12 routes
44th percentile · 10 destinations
Blackheath, Blue downs, Eerste river, Eersterivier, Forest heights, Khayelitsha +4 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Hillcrest Heights?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Hillcrest Heights in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,432 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
28th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)Customer : Reconnection Request (8%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (6%)Street lights out (5%)Broken leading (5%)
Service requests logged
1 432
Requests resolved
80% (1 150 of 1 432)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
15 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
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?
1220.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
1 427
Unresolved
20.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (238), Customer : Reconnection Request (118), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (83)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Hillcrest Heights

143% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Hillcrest Heights averages R21 428 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R21 428
per account
143% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R20 727Apr 2026: R21 428May 2026: R21 963
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R3 185 284
Electricity
R0
Water
R6 300 652
Refuse
R1 846 845
Sewerage
R2 280 387
City-wide cleaning
R48 085
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 Hillcrest Heights?

Well served

Healthcare access

13 within 5km
Nearest public
Eerste River Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 8.5 km
Public facilities
13
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Hillcrest Heights is Mfuleni, 1.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 2.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Eerste River Hospital, 2.1 km away.

Nearest clinic
Eerste River Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest library
Mfuleni · 1.7 km
Nearest park / open space
Lima Park Pos · 0.65 km

Fire station

1.2
km to nearest
fire station
Mfuleni
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.6
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
5
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Blue Downs 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

Tuscany Glen1.1km · R1.1M
42→
Forest Heights1.3km · R830K
40→
Malibu Village1.3km · R790K
30→
Faure1.7km · R1M
→
Electric City1.7km · R790K
30→
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Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Hillcrest Heights. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

DriftsandsForest HeightsForest VillageMalibu VillageMfuleniTuscany Glen
Further reading

Related articles

Is Mfuleni Safe? 14/100 Safety Index (2026)
2026-04-24

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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