Klipdam
A suburb with lower reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Klipdam is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Klipdam, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Klipdam 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.
Is Klipdam safe?
92nd 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?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 491,057 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 83 576
- 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 Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Klipdam 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 Klipdam?
The median property value in Klipdam is R2.1M. Property values have grown by 4.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,110,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 59th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Klipdam?
Development activity in Klipdam
Klipdam had 7 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 7
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R368K
How are schools in Klipdam?
Klipdam has 1 school within reach. Schools include Mikro Laerskool.
- Q5Mikro LaerskoolQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Klipdam?
Klipdam has 16 minibus taxi routes.
Taxi connectivity
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
How responsive are municipal services in Klipdam?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Klipdam in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 730 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 730
- Requests resolved
- 75% (545 of 730)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 23 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2311.9 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 723
- Unresolved
- 26.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (79), Street lights out (71), Power outage (51)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Klipdam
Municipal debt in Klipdam averages R16 101 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R498 299
- Electricity
- R1 530 600
- Water
- R448 526
- Refuse
- R107 860
- Sewerage
- R257 276
- City-wide cleaning
- R13 148
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Klipdam?
Healthcare access
6 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.7 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.7 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Klipdam is Kuilsriver, 0.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 4.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 0.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kuilsriver Clinic · 0.7 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 0.8 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Spruit Street Park · 0.2 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Klipdam. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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.
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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Klipdam, Cape Town