Northgate
A suburb with moderate reported crime, above-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
There is also a Northgate in Johannesburg. See Northgate, Johannesburg
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Northgate is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Northgate, crime levels are stable 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 Northgate. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Northgate safe?
80th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 28 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?
- 40 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 451,206 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 60 881
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 24/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Parow precinct, which covers Northgate 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 Northgate?
The median property value in Northgate is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 3.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,870,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.7% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 73rd 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
What do utilities cost in Northgate?
Development activity in Northgate
Northgate 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
- R46K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Northgate?
Northgate has 12 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (73%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (73%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Northgate?
Northgate has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 87% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 95.9%
- Flush toilet
- 98.6%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 98.9%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 86.7%
- Owner-occupied
- 47.1%
- Rented
- 21.6%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 5.0%
- Fire risk
- 1.8%
- Violent crime
- 3.4%
- Non-violent crime
- 15.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 42.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 36th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 31.0%
- of households receiving grants
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 86.7%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 12.8%
- No access
- 0.5%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.4%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 2.8%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.6 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.0
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 59.1%
- Fridge ownership
- 97.5%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 77.5%
- Borehole access
- 0.8%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 10.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 5.4%
- WFH part-time
- 0.5%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Northgate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Northgate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 266 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 266
- Requests resolved
- 83% (220 of 266)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 18 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1427.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 262
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (50), Power outage (26), Single street light out (24)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Northgate
Municipal debt in Northgate averages R12 333 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R190 838
- Electricity
- R359 270
- Water
- R96 744
- Refuse
- R12 725
- Sewerage
- R51 722
- City-wide cleaning
- R4 030
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Northgate?
Healthcare access
14 within 5km- Nearest public
- Parow Clinic/CDC · Clinic · 2.3 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Panorama · Private Hospital · 1 km
- Public facilities
- 9
- Private facilities
- 5
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Northgate is Goodwood, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 1.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Panorama, 1.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Panorama · 1 km
- Nearest library
- Parow · 2.2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- President Brand Crescent Park · 0.14 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Parow North Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Northgate. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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 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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Northgate, Cape Town