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Lynn's View

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

Neighbourhood data for Lynn's View
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Lynn's View is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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.

How is the area changing?

In Lynn's View, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Lynn's View. 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 Lynn's View safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. lynns-view makes up a very small share of the Somerset West police precinct, so we cannot reliably separate its crime data from the rest of the precinct. Rather than show a score that could be misleading, we have withheld it.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Lynn's View?

74th percentile

Planned development

14 hectares of land in Lynn's View are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Low Density Residential (14ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Lynn's View is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 3.8% per year since 2018.

A 3.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Lynn's View 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
R2,900,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+3.8% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
74th 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 Lynn's View?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 176 / month
79% above city median
Electricity
R1 962 / month
3% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 376Jan 2026: R1 176Feb 2026: R941
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 968Jan 2026: R1 962Feb 2026: R1 810

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Lynn's View

↑ Increasing

Lynn's View had 32 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 11 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
32
Annual average
11/yr
Avg project value
R423K

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 Lynn's View?

Limited connectivity

Lynn's View has 4 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 ›

Limited connectivity
4 routes
20th percentile · 7 destinations
Firgrove, Helderberg (via heldervue), Lwandle, Macassar, Somerset west, Steynrust rd,somerset west +1 more
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 Lynn's View?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Lynn's View in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 871 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 Lynn's View residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
74th
Percentile
across Cape Town
36%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (10%)No supply (10%)Burst pipe (7%)Power outage (6%)Low pressure (5%)
Service requests logged
871
Requests resolved
76% (661 of 871)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
16 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
865
Unresolved
24.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (89), No supply (86), Burst pipe (60)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Lynn's View

48% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Lynn's View averages R4 555 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R4 555
per account
48% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R4 555Apr 2026: R5 478May 2026: R4 368
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R661 347
Electricity
R560 327
Water
R249 985
Refuse
R73 668
Sewerage
R144 969
City-wide cleaning
R56 986
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 Lynn's View?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public
Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 4.4 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 5.6 km
Public facilities
2
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Lynn's View is Somerset West, 4.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 4.4 km away.

Nearest clinic
Helderberg Hospital · 4.4 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 4.6 km
Nearest park / open space
Berghoewe Park · 0.17 km

Fire station

4.5
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

7.8
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand 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

Illaire210m · R3M
Jonkers Hoogte429m · R3.5M
Fraaigelegen466m · R2.9M
Vredenzicht616m · R5.3M
Braeview627m · R4M
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Bordering suburbs

11 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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).

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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