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Kleinbosch

A suburb with lower reported crime, above-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Kleinbosch is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Kleinbosch. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Kleinbosch safe?

Lower reported crime

88th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 8 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume
1 128 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 13.5% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low and falling. This is one of the safer parts of Cape Town, with violent crime well below the city average and a positive year-on-year trend. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
99+ / 100
Contact crime rate
138,721 per 100k residents
Station population
26 575
Harm rate (per resident)
99+/100
Harm volume (absolute)
99+/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bothasig precinct, which covers Kleinbosch 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 Kleinbosch?

77th percentile

The median property value in Kleinbosch is R3M. Property values have grown by 4.5% per year since 2018.

A 4.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Kleinbosch 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
R3,040,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+4.5% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
77th percentile
Dominant value band
2.5-3M
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 Kleinbosch?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R821 / month
25% above city median
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R821Jan 2026: R824Feb 2026: R645

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Kleinbosch

↓ Decreasing

Kleinbosch had 12 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 4 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
12
Annual average
4/yr
Avg project value
R138K

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).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Kleinbosch?

Low connectivity

Kleinbosch has 2 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 ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 2 destinations
Bellville, Du noon
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 Kleinbosch?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Kleinbosch in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 629 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Kleinbosch residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
71st
Percentile
across Cape Town
32%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (11%)Power outage (7%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (6%)Damaged Bin - 240L (6%)Street lights out (4%)
Service requests logged
629
Requests resolved
74% (464 of 629)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
12 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
2814.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
620
Unresolved
26.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (69), Power outage (44), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (39)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Kleinbosch

66% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Kleinbosch averages R2 992 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R2 992
per account
66% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R3 244Apr 2026: R2 968May 2026: R2 992
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R308 707
Electricity
R159 001
Water
R153 477
Refuse
R42 469
Sewerage
R73 707
City-wide cleaning
R19 635
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 Kleinbosch?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public
Bothasig Clinic · Clinic · 1.9 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Panorama · Private Hospital · 2.3 km
Public facilities
1
Private facilities
2

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

The nearest fire station to Kleinbosch is Goodwood, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 4.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Bothasig Clinic, 1.9 km away.

Nearest clinic
Bothasig Clinic · 1.9 km
Nearest library
Bothasig · 1.6 km
Nearest park / open space
Nabygelegen Street Park · 0.03 km

Fire station

3.8
km to nearest
fire station
Goodwood
fire service head office
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.1
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
12
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Parow North 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

Welgelegen1.2km · R2.9M
42
Petrosa Tank Farm1.5km
Baronetcy Estate1.8km · R8.4M
Bothasig1.9km · R1.9M
39
De Grendel Farm2.0km
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

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

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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