Joe Slovo Park
A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Joe Slovo Park is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In Joe Slovo Park, crime levels are stable 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 Joe Slovo Park. 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 Joe Slovo Park safe?
42nd 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?
- 18 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 1,251,016 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 87 344
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 10/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 32/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Milnerton precinct, which covers Joe Slovo Park 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 Joe Slovo Park?
The median property value in Joe Slovo Park is R320K. Property values have grown by 25.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R320,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +25.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 8th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 0-200k
- 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 Joe Slovo Park?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Joe Slovo Park?
Joe Slovo Park has 35 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (49%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (49%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Joe Slovo Park?
Joe Slovo Park has a service delivery index of 77 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 45% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 26.9%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 14.8%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 40.2%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 40.6%
- Flush toilet
- 96.8%
- Weekly refuse
- 78.7%
- Grid electricity
- 93.5%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 44.8%
- Owner-occupied
- 27.9%
- Rented
- 53.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 39.2%
- Fire risk
- 5.9%
- Violent crime
- 7.4%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 42.3%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 38th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 3
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 47.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R21
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 14.7%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 59.3%
- No access
- 5.9%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.6 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.1
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 21.7%
- Fridge ownership
- 91.1%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 7.4%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 5.9%
- of households operate a home-based business
53% of electricity connections in Joe Slovo Park 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. 2,829 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
Read more: Cape Town household conditions 2026: what the survey data reveals
How responsive are municipal services in Joe Slovo Park?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Joe Slovo Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 4,352 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 4 352
- Requests resolved
- 82% (3 553 of 4 352)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 12 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1858.6 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 4 343
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Power outage (1 806), Sewerage overflow (905), PPM Display Blank (323)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Joe Slovo Park
Municipal debt in Joe Slovo Park averages R44 607 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R5 253 560
- Electricity
- R30 814 790
- Water
- R4 962 920
- Refuse
- R1 877 728
- Sewerage
- R1 842 259
- City-wide cleaning
- R163 719
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Joe Slovo Park?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Bothasig Clinic · Clinic · 3.2 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Milnerton · Private Hospital · 0.9 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 3
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Joe Slovo Park is Milnerton, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 4.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Milnerton, 0.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Milnerton · 0.9 km
- Nearest library
- Milnerton · 1.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Milky Way Drive Park · 0.26 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Kensington Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Related articles
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | 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 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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