La Rochelle
A suburb with moderate reported crime and above-average property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
There is also a La Rochelle in Johannesburg. See La Rochelle, Johannesburg
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
La Rochelle 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 below the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In La Rochelle, crime is rising 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 La Rochelle. 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 La Rochelle safe?
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
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 44 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 715,478 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 78 711
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 28/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- 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 La Rochelle 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 La Rochelle?
The median property value in La Rochelle is R2.3M. Property values have grown by 5.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,325,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.1% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 63rd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1.5-2M
- 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 La Rochelle?
Development activity in La Rochelle
La Rochelle had 21 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 7 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 21
- Annual average
- 7/yr
- Avg project value
- R160K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is La Rochelle?
La Rochelle has 4 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 La Rochelle?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in La Rochelle in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,038 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 038
- Requests resolved
- 72% (748 of 1 038)
- 75% resolved within
- 9 days
- 90% resolved within
- 29 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3594.6 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 025
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (88), Single street light out (81), Meter Replacement Project (60)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in La Rochelle
Municipal debt in La Rochelle averages R3 110 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R285 310
- Electricity
- R257 638
- Water
- R187 878
- Refuse
- R78 816
- Sewerage
- R116 572
- City-wide cleaning
- R19 367
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near La Rochelle?
Healthcare access
9 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.3 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3.8 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to La Rochelle is Bellville, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 4.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 1.3 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 1.3 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 2.2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- T - Strook Park · 0.09 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 La Rochelle. 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 | 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.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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La Rochelle, Cape Town