Noordhoek
A suburb with lower reported crime and among the highest property values in Cape Town relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Noordhoek is a neighbourhood in False Bay, 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Noordhoek, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Noordhoek is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Noordhoek safe?
41st 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+ / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 91,273 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 44 574
- 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 Fish Hoek precinct, which covers Noordhoek 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 Noordhoek?
Planned development
30 hectares of land in Noordhoek are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (30ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Noordhoek is R5.5M. Property values have grown by 2.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R5,500,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.1% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 94th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4.5-5M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Noordhoek?
Development activity in Noordhoek
Noordhoek had 446 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 149 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 446
- Annual average
- 149/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.0M
How are schools in Noordhoek?
Noordhoek has 1 school within reach. Schools include Eduexcellence Private Remedial School.
- INDEduexcellence Private Remedial SchoolPrivateSpecialist provision
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Noordhoek?
Noordhoek has 3 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (100%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (100%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Noordhoek?
Noordhoek has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 96.3%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 68.2%
- Rented
- 9.5%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 1.5%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.7%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 33.0%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 65th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 22.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R882
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 96.4%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 0.7%
- No access
- 2.9%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 0.0%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.4 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.4
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 80.3%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 95.8%
- Borehole access
- 24.9%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 10.6%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 2.6%
5% of electricity connections in Noordhoek 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. 3,169 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Noordhoek?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Noordhoek in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 4,820 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 4 820
- Requests resolved
- 76% (3 675 of 4 820)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 12 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 413.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 4 810
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Empty conservancy tank (1 093), Power outage (489), Water leak (213)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Noordhoek
Municipal debt in Noordhoek averages R27 532 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R17 118 397
- Electricity
- R8 934 731
- Water
- R2 717 001
- Refuse
- R806 501
- Sewerage
- R1 284 809
- City-wide cleaning
- R918 715
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Noordhoek?
Healthcare access
2 within 5km- Nearest public
- Masiphumelele Clinic · Community Day Centre · 3.2 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 8 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 Noordhoek is Kommetjie Road, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 8.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Masiphumelele Clinic, 3.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Masiphumelele Clinic · 3.2 km
- Nearest library
- Masiphumelele · 3.1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Haven Drive Greenbelt · 0.34 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Muizenberg Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Related articles
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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.
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 Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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