Nooitgedacht
A suburb with moderate reported crime and more affordable property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Nooitgedacht is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Nooitgedacht, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Nooitgedacht is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Nooitgedacht safe?
58th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 10 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
- 761,966 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 118 121
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 36/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 55/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bishop Lavis precinct, which covers Nooitgedacht 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 Nooitgedacht?
The median property value in Nooitgedacht is R590K. Property values have grown by 3.5% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R590,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.5% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 17th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 Nooitgedacht?
Development activity in Nooitgedacht
Nooitgedacht had 3 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
- 3
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R203K
How are schools in Nooitgedacht?
Nooitgedacht has 1 school within reach. Schools include Nooitgedacht Primary School.
- Q4Nooitgedacht Primary School
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Nooitgedacht?
Nooitgedacht has 6 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 Nooitgedacht?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Nooitgedacht in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 3,056 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 3 056
- Requests resolved
- 58% (1 763 of 3 056)
- 75% resolved within
- 13 days
- 90% resolved within
- 27 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2001.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 3 036
- Unresolved
- 42.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (448), Plumbing (261), Carpentry (131)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Nooitgedacht
Municipal debt in Nooitgedacht averages R16 640 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 437 447
- Electricity
- R28 601
- Water
- R3 299 417
- Refuse
- R633 097
- Sewerage
- R1 315 260
- City-wide cleaning
- R8 318
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Nooitgedacht?
Healthcare access
23 within 5km- Nearest public
- Bishop Lavis Clinic · Clinic · 0.8 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Gatesville · Private Hospital · 4.8 km
- Public facilities
- 22
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Nooitgedacht is Epping, 4.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Bonteheuwel Swimming Pool, 2.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Bishop Lavis Clinic, 0.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Bishop Lavis Clinic · 0.8 km
- Nearest library
- Bishop Lavis · 0.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Makriel Road Park · 0.22 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bonteheuwel Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Nooitgedacht. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Water 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.
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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Nooitgedacht, Cape Town