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Malmesbury Farms

A suburb with moderate reported crime relative to Cape Town.

Safety42/100Precinct estimate only · ↓ ImprovingSchools1nearbyCouncilBelow avg complaints3d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage3 routes serving the area

Data current as of

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Malmesbury Farms safe?

Moderate reported crime

0th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume
416 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 14.8% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
42 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
25,556 per 100k residents
Station population
6 809
Harm rate (per resident)
34/100
Harm volume (absolute)
51/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Proxy precinct data. This suburb falls within the Philadelphia policing area. Safety data reflects the broader precinct, not Malmesbury Farms specifically.

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

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Malmesbury Farms?

Planned development

26 hectares of land in Malmesbury Farms are earmarked for new development across 4 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (12ha) and Medium Density Residential (11ha), and 1 other category.

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

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Malmesbury Farms?

Utility billing data is not available for Malmesbury Farms. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Malmesbury Farms

→ Stable

Malmesbury Farms 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
R9.5M

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 Malmesbury Farms?

1 school nearby

Malmesbury Farms has 1 school within reach. Schools include Kersboslaagte Sskv Primêre Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Malmesbury Farms will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • Q1
    Kersboslaagte Sskv Primêre Skool
    Public · Grades R–7 · 134 learners · 19.1:1 learner-educator ratio
    No-fee schoolFavourable 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 Malmesbury Farms?

Low connectivity

Malmesbury Farms has 3 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 ›

Low connectivity
3 routes
15th percentile · 5 destinations
Atlantis, Atlantis(wesfleur), Farms(atlantis), Malmesbury, Pella
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 Malmesbury Farms?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Malmesbury Farms in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 49 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
3
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
11th
Percentile
across Cape Town
38%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (14%)Sewerage overflow (12%)Maintenance of Property Technical MD (4%)Customer master data update (4%)DO NOT USE (Tree Complaint) (4%)
Service requests logged
49
Requests resolved
59% (29 of 49)
75% resolved within
13 days
90% resolved within
21 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
49
Unresolved
41.0%

Top issues: Power outage (7), Sewerage overflow (6), Maintenance of Property Technical MD (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Malmesbury Farms

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Malmesbury Farms is R3.8M as of May 2026.

R3.8M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R3 550 856
Electricity
R11 054
Water
R105 009
Refuse
R108 659
Sewerage
R0
City-wide cleaning
R11 603
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 Malmesbury Farms?

Limited access

The nearest fire station to Malmesbury Farms is Atlantis, 17.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool, 18.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Protea Park Clinic, 17.0 km away.

Nearest clinic
Protea Park Clinic · 17 km
Nearest library
Fisantekraal · 17.3 km
Nearest park / open space
Old Darling Mamre Road Tree Lane Greenbelt · 16.31 km

Fire station

17.7
km to nearest
fire station
Atlantis
community station
beyond-15km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

18.5
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Atlantis or Wesfleur 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

Klipheuwel Housing Scheme7.9km · R200K
42→
Philadelphia8.9km · R2.8M
63→
Mikpunt10.7km · R2.4M
→
Cape Farms - District C11.1km · R2.8M
→
Saxonwood15.7km
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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District BCape Farms District CKlipheuwel Housing SchemeMamreMikpuntPaarl FarmsPella

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT 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.

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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