Kempenville has a safety index of 42 out of 100 (Moderate reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Bellville precinct recorded approximately 6,668 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is above the city average.

Is Kempenville affordable?

Kempenville sits in the mid-range for Cape Town property values. The median is R1.7M, placing it in the 48th percentile, broadly in line with the city median. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

What are utility costs in Kempenville?

The median monthly water cost per account in Kempenville is R1,683, 156% above the city median of R658.

What is the municipal debt in Kempenville?

As of May 2026, the average outstanding municipal debt per account in Kempenville is R37,044, 320% above the city median of R8,815. Figures include all account types, so may overstate household debt in areas with commercial activity.

Kempenville

A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Safety42/100Safer than 54% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) · ↑ Worsening Property800k-1MTop 52%Schools1nearby Healthcare13 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilAbove avg complaints2d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

Data current as of June 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Kempenville is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

Kempenville 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 Kempenville safe?

Moderate reported crime

Higher crimeModerateLower crime

71st percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 45 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

HighAbsolute crime volume

6 668 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280

↑ 10.3% 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?: 42 / 100
Contact crime rate: 715,478 per 100k residents
Station population: 78 711
Harm rate (per resident): 27/100
Harm volume (absolute): 66/100
Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

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

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Kempenville?

48th percentile

The median property value in Kempenville is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 4.1% per year since 2018.

A 4.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Kempenville properties (GV2022)

2-400k

4-600k

6-800k

800k-1M ◀

1-1.5M

1.5-2M

2-2.5M

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: R1,730,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022): +4.1% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile: 48th percentile
Dominant value band: 800k-1M
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 Kempenville?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data

Water

R1 683 / month

156% above city median

Electricity

R1 745 / month

8% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs

Based on a small number of accounts

Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 683Jan 2026: R1 673Feb 2026: R1 701

Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 088Jan 2026: R2 523Feb 2026: R1 745

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Kempenville

↑ Increasing

Kempenville had 16 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals: 16
Annual average: 5/yr
Avg project value: R5.2M

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 Kempenville?

1 school nearby

Kempenville has 1 school within reach. Schools include Chokmah Independent School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Kempenville will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›

IND
Chokmah Independent School
Independent · Grades R–12 · 344 learners · 16.4:1 learner-educator ratio
PrivateFavourable 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 Kempenville?

Connected

Kempenville has 37 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Connected

37 routes

79th percentile · 27 destinations

Routes pass through Kempenville but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.

7th avenue mitchells plain, Atlantis(wesfleur), Bellville, Bellville (via wallacedene), Bellville railway station, Blackheath +21 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 Kempenville?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Kempenville in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,592 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.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

30th

Percentile
across Cape Town

29%

Resolved
same day

Suspect Tampering (13%)Power outage (12%)Sewerage overflow (7%)Single street light out (7%)Street lights out (6%)

Service requests logged: 2 592
Requests resolved: 74% (1 914 of 2 592)
75% resolved within: 6 days
90% resolved within: 19 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

3 registered

Christian

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

Above city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 7466.9 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 2 584
Unresolved: 26.0%

Top issues: Suspect Tampering (331), Power outage (315), Single street light out (179)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Kempenville

320% above city median

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Kempenville averages R37 044 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R37 044

per account

320% above city median

Trend:Mar 2026: R35 508Apr 2026: R37 044May 2026: R37 799

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R1 187 615
Electricity: R2 020 484
Water: R2 425 261
Refuse: R637 582
Sewerage: R1 451 467
City-wide cleaning: R26 483
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 Kempenville?

Well served

Healthcare access

13 within 5km

Nearest public: Bellville Mens Health Satellite · Community Day Centre · 0.9 km
Nearest private: Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 1.2 km
Public facilities: 9
Private facilities: 4

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

The nearest fire station to Kempenville is Bellville, 0.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 1.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Bellville Mens Health Satellite, 0.9 km away.

Nearest clinic: Bellville Mens Health Satellite · 0.9 km
Nearest library: Bellville · 1.2 km
Nearest park / open space: Quarry Road Park · 0.17 km

Fire station

0.7

km to nearest
fire station

Bellville

district hq - north

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.8

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Bellville South 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

Kingston449m · R1.8M

36→

Bellville CBD476m · R1.7M

27→

Belrail649m · R1.4M

42→

Belgravia -Bellville732m · R1.4M

37→

Oakdale894m · R1.6M

30→

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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

Belgravia Bellville Bellville Cbd Chrismar Kingston Oakdale

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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Kempenville

What's it like to live here?

How is the area changing?

What should buyers know?

Is Kempenville safe?

What do properties cost in Kempenville?

What do utilities cost in Kempenville?

Development activity in Kempenville

How are schools in Kempenville?

How connected is Kempenville?

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 ›

How responsive are municipal services in Kempenville?

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Complaints & top issues

Municipal debt in Kempenville

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