Kraaifontein East
A suburb with higher reported crime, strong school performance, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Kraaifontein East is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, 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 Kraaifontein East, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
Kraaifontein East is served by schools within reach, and matric results sit slightly below the city average. 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 Kraaifontein East safe?
64th 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?
- 23 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 1,767,626 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 258 291
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 26/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 21/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kraaifontein precinct, which covers Kraaifontein East 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 Kraaifontein East?
Planned development
65 hectares of land in Kraaifontein East are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (65ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Kraaifontein East?
Development activity in Kraaifontein East
Kraaifontein East had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 2
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R5.7M
How are schools in Kraaifontein East?
Kraaifontein East has 2 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 85.2%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Blue Ridge Primary School.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 85.2%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 373 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q1
- Q1-Q2
- –Blue Ridge Primary SchoolFavourable class size
- Q1Bloekombos Secondary SchoolNo-fee school
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
Read more: Cape Town schools and education data 2026
How connected is Kraaifontein East?
Kraaifontein East has 23 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (42%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (42%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Kraaifontein East?
Kraaifontein East has a service delivery index of 21 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 9% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 28.7%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 16.9%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 42.6%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 11.0%
- Flush toilet
- 17.5%
- Weekly refuse
- 23.7%
- Grid electricity
- 30.2%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 8.6%
- Owner-occupied
- 22.3%
- Rented
- 7.8%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 63.5%
- Fire risk
- 4.2%
- Violent crime
- 10.6%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 54.4%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 13th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 3
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 44.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R5
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 0.0%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 84.0%
- No access
- 13.9%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.8 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.0
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 4.3%
- Fridge ownership
- 52.3%
- Property ownership
- 4.3%
- Geyser ownership
- 0.0%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 10.6%
- of households operate a home-based business
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 Kraaifontein East?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Kraaifontein East in a median of 5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 34 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 34
- Requests resolved
- 82% (28 of 34)
- 75% resolved within
- 15 days
- 90% resolved within
- 20 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3.6 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 32
- Unresolved
- 19.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (7), Street lights out (3), Illegal dumping (3)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Kraaifontein East
Total outstanding municipal debt in Kraaifontein East is R269K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R28 696
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R132 120
- Refuse
- R13 757
- Sewerage
- R94 367
- City-wide cleaning
- R0
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Kraaifontein East?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Bloekombos Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.1 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 4 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Kraaifontein East is Kraaifontein, 3.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 7.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Bloekombos Clinic, 1.1 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Bloekombos Clinic · 1.1 km
- Nearest library
- Eikendal · 1.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Old Paarl Pos · 0.51 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Morning Star Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Kraaifontein East. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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Kraaifontein East, Cape Town