Monte Sereno
A suburb with lower reported crime, among the highest property values in Cape Town, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Monte Sereno is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Monte Sereno, 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 Monte Sereno. 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.
Is Monte Sereno safe?
83rd 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?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 385,899 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 67 476
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Monte Sereno 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 Monte Sereno?
The median property value in Monte Sereno is R3.6M. Property values have grown by 3.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R3,600,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 84th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2.5-3M
- 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 Monte Sereno?
Development activity in Monte Sereno
Monte Sereno had 5 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 5
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R720K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Monte Sereno?
Monte Sereno 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 Monte Sereno?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Monte Sereno in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 302 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 302
- Requests resolved
- 78% (235 of 302)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 36 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1474.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 286
- Unresolved
- 21.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (64), Power outage (28), No supply (16)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Monte Sereno
Municipal debt in Monte Sereno averages R6 241 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R155 085
- Electricity
- R125 456
- Water
- R58 077
- Refuse
- R19 055
- Sewerage
- R31 518
- City-wide cleaning
- R15 570
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Monte Sereno?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 3.4 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Monte Sereno is Somerset West, 2.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 6.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 2.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Helderberg Hospital · 2 km
- Nearest library
- Somerset West · 2.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Louis Botha Avenue Park · 0.14 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Monte Sereno. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 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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Monte Sereno, Cape Town