Khayelitsha
A suburb with higher reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Khayelitsha is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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 Khayelitsha, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
Khayelitsha is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Khayelitsha safe?
75th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 7 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?
- 23 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 1,827,806 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 518 910
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 37/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 14/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Khayelitsha precinct, which covers Khayelitsha and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
Read more: Is Khayelitsha safe? What the crime data shows
What do properties cost in Khayelitsha?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Khayelitsha?
Development activity in Khayelitsha
Khayelitsha had 37 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 12 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 37
- Annual average
- 12/yr
- Avg project value
- R707K
5% social housing5% of recent building plans in Khayelitsha were for RDP or low-cost housing projects.
How are schools in Khayelitsha?
Khayelitsha has 4 schools within reach. Schools include Inkanini Primary School.
- Q3Inkanini Primary SchoolNo-fee schoolStrained capacity
- –Noluthando School For The DeafSpecialist provision
- –Lathi-Tha School Of SkillsSpecialist provision
- –Khayelitsha Lsen SchoolSpecialist provision
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Khayelitsha?
Khayelitsha has 83 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (50%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (50%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Khayelitsha?
Khayelitsha has a service delivery index of 78 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 49% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 25.4%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 13.9%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 33.6%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 74.1%
- Flush toilet
- 74.2%
- Weekly refuse
- 63.1%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 49.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 25.5%
- Rented
- 16.4%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 18.4%
- Fire risk
- 2.5%
- Violent crime
- 6.1%
- Non-violent crime
- 2.7%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 41.2%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 43rd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 3
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 58.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R320
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 23.4%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 62.3%
- No access
- 11.4%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.2 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.8
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 3.7%
- Fridge ownership
- 93.9%
- Property ownership
- 2.5%
- Geyser ownership
- 8.4%
- Borehole access
- 0.4%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 5.5%
- of households operate a home-based business
82% of electricity connections in Khayelitsha 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. 15,661 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Khayelitsha?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Khayelitsha in a median of 5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 14,171 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 14 171
- Requests resolved
- 84% (11 936 of 14 171)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 10 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 91.4 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 11 852
- Unresolved
- 16.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (1 397), Other (1 235), Burst pipe (837)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Khayelitsha
R0 outstanding for Khayelitsha as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R0
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R0
- Refuse
- R0
- Sewerage
- R0
- City-wide cleaning
- R0
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Khayelitsha?
Healthcare access
18 within 5km- Nearest public
- Zakhele Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 2.5 km
- Public facilities
- 17
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Khayelitsha is Khayelitsha, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Eastridge Swimming Pool, 1.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Zakhele Clinic, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Zakhele Clinic · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Kulani · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Voelvlei Street Park · 0.99 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Eastridge Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Read more: Cape Town swimming pools: which suburbs have access
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Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - 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.
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 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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