Lakeside has a safety index of 32 out of 100 (Higher reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Muizenberg precinct recorded approximately 3,428 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is below the city average.

Is Lakeside affordable?

Lakeside is among the higher-value suburbs in Cape Town. The median property value of R2.6M places it in the 69th percentile, above most of the city. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

What are utility costs in Lakeside?

The median monthly water cost per account in Lakeside is R586, 11% below the city median of R658. The median monthly electricity cost per account in Lakeside is R1,596, 16% below the median of CoCT-billed suburbs of R1,900.

What is the municipal debt in Lakeside?

As of May 2026, the average outstanding municipal debt per account in Lakeside is R3,766, 57% below the city median of R8,815. Figures include all account types, so may overstate household debt in areas with commercial activity.

Lakeside

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

Safety32/100Precinct estimate only · ↑ Worsening Property2-2.5MTop 31%Schools1nearby Healthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilAbove avg complaints1d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coverage4 routes serving the area

Data current as of June 2026

There is also a Lakeside in Johannesburg. See Lakeside, Johannesburg

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Lakeside is a neighbourhood in False Bay, 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. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Lakeside, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Lakeside is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.

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 Lakeside safe?

Higher reported crime

Read this before the score.

Score may be conservative for this suburb. Lakeside is a residential suburb within the Muizenberg precinct. The score is influenced by higher-crime areas in the same precinct. See details.
Low confidence: precinct-level data shared with 8 suburbs. This suburb's safety index is based on data for the entire Muizenberg precinct. The precinct covers a diverse mix of communities, so this score may not reflect Lakeside specifically. This suburb has been excluded from safety-dependent rankings.
Estimate only. Police crime data covers the whole Muizenberg precinct, not Lakeside individually. Because Lakeside makes up a very small share of this precinct's population, we cannot reliably separate its crime from the rest of the precinct. The score may not reflect Lakeside's actual conditions.

Higher crimeModerateLower crime

19th percentile among 744 suburbs · precinct-level data, may not reflect this suburb · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

LowAbsolute crime volume

3 428 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280

↑ 7.8% vs Q3 2024

Rate and volume tell different stories.

The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (3 428) is below the city median.

Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Check the breakdown below for specifics.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?: 32 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate: 580,801 per 100k residents
Station population: 52 856
Harm rate (per resident): 19/100
Harm volume (absolute): 54/100
Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

Precinct confidence note: Lakeside is a residential suburb within the Muizenberg precinct. The score is influenced by higher-crime areas in the same precinct.

The safety index shown above reflects the Muizenberg precinct as a whole.Lakeside's actual crime conditions may be better than this score suggests.

Full methodology

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Muizenberg precinct, which covers Lakeside and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Lakeside?

69th percentile

The median property value in Lakeside is R2.6M. Property values have grown by 2.6% per year since 2018.

A 2.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Lakeside properties (GV2022)

800k-1M

1-1.5M

1.5-2M

2-2.5M ◀

2.5-3M

3-3.5M

3.5-4M

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: R2,600,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022): +2.6% per year
City-wide value percentile: 69th percentile
Dominant value band: 2-2.5M
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 Lakeside?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data

Water

R586 / month

11% below city median

Electricity

R1 596 / month

16% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs

Water trend:Dec 2025: R719Jan 2026: R586Feb 2026: R532

Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 596Jan 2026: R1 609Feb 2026: R1 400

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Lakeside

↑ Increasing

Lakeside had 122 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 41 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals: 122
Annual average: 41/yr
Avg project value: R2.8M

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Lakeside?

1 school nearby

Lakeside has 1 school within reach. Schools include Lakeside Education Academy.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Lakeside will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›

IND
Lakeside Education Academy
Independent · Grades R–12 · 105 learners · 7.5:1 learner-educator ratio
PrivateFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Lakeside?

Private vehicle dominant

Lakeside has 4 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (76%).

Taxi connectivity

Limited connectivity

4 routes

20th percentile · 3 destinations

Fish hoek, Retreat, Wynberg

Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Lakeside needs a car. The 76% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.

Private vehicle

76%

Walking

MyCiTi bus

Minibus taxi

11%

Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›

Dominant mode: Private vehicle (76%)
Source: CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Lakeside?

Full municipal services

Lakeside has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 90% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Lakeside/Marina da Gama/Westlake survey group (118 households). direct.

› High digital connectivity: 80% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

98City median: 85

Piped water: 97.0%
Flush toilet: 99.2%
Weekly refuse: 97.3%
Grid electricity: 100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

90City median: 68

Formal dwellings: 89.5%
Owner-occupied: 53.2%
Rented: 25.5%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

9risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26

Flooding risk: 2.3%
Fire risk: 0.8%
Violent crime: 0.0%
Non-violent crime: 6.1%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share: 36.7%; Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 53rd percentile
Hardship dimensions: 0; Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share: 14.0%; of households receiving grants
Monthly savings: R749; Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre: 80.1%; City median: 46.5%
Mobile only: 15.8%
No access: 4.1%

Food security

Adult food insecurity: 2.3%; City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity: 1.9%; City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence: 6.8%; City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size: 2.5 people
Avg children per household: 0.4

Asset ownership

Computer access: 68.3%
Fridge ownership: 98.9%
Property ownership: 0.8%
Geyser ownership: 78.5%
Borehole access: 10.9%

Home-based economy

Home-based business: 11.4%; of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time: 6.6%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Lakeside/Marina da Gama/Westlake. direct.

Energy access

Free basic electricity

5.6%

City median

4% of electricity connections in Lakeside 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. 3,730 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Lakeside?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Lakeside in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 4,234 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 Lakeside residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

72nd

Percentile
across Cape Town

32%

Resolved
same day

Power outage (10%)Single street light out (9%)Street lights out (6%)Sewerage overflow (4%)Damaged Bin - 240L (3%)

Service requests logged: 4 234
Requests resolved: 75% (3 190 of 4 234)
75% resolved within: 6 days
90% resolved within: 16 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

5 registered

Christian

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 6159.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 4 221
Unresolved: 25.0%

Top issues: Power outage (434), Single street light out (393), Street lights out (258)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Lakeside

57% below city median

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Lakeside averages R3 766 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R3 766

per account

57% below city median

Trend:Mar 2026: R3 766Apr 2026: R3 988May 2026: R3 705

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R1 997 708
Electricity: R1 347 910
Water: R918 524
Refuse: R326 457
Sewerage: R434 061
City-wide cleaning: R128 424
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 Lakeside?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km

Nearest public: Westlake Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.2 km
Nearest private: Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 2.2 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 Lakeside is Lakeside, 0.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 2.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Melomed Tokai, 2.2 km away.

Nearest clinic: Melomed Tokai · 2.2 km
Nearest library: Muizenberg · 2.4 km
Nearest park / open space: Spoon Street Park · 0.26 km

Fire station

0.1

km to nearest
fire station

Lakeside

divisional hq

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.5

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Muizenberg 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

Kirstenhof1.8km · R3.1M

33→

Westlake1.9km · R560K

26→

Steenberg2.0km · R660K

44→

Muizenberg2.0km · R1.8M

28→

Vrygrond2.7km · R290K

21→

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5 matches

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32→

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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District H Kirstenhof Muizenberg Steenberg Westlake

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What's it like to live here?

How is the area changing?

What should buyers know?

Is Lakeside safe?

What do properties cost in Lakeside?

What do utilities cost in Lakeside?

Development activity in Lakeside

How are schools in Lakeside?

How connected is Lakeside?

Taxi connectivity

Commute mode share

What are living conditions in Lakeside?

Access to basic services

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Food security

Demographics & community

Asset ownership

Home-based economy

How responsive are municipal services in Lakeside?

Places of worship

Complaints & top issues

Municipal debt in Lakeside

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Is Lakeside safe?

What do properties cost in Lakeside?

What do utilities cost in Lakeside?

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How are schools in Lakeside?

How connected is Lakeside?

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 ›

Commute mode share

What are living conditions in Lakeside?

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Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Food security

Demographics & community

Asset ownership

Home-based economy

How responsive are municipal services in Lakeside?

Places of worship

Complaints & top issues

Municipal debt in Lakeside

What services are near Lakeside?

Healthcare access

Fire station

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