Penhill
A suburb with moderate reported crime and above-average property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Penhill is a neighbourhood in Cape Town, 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.
How is the area changing?
In Penhill, crime is rising 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 Penhill. 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 Penhill safe?
81st 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?
- 42 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 881,028 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 107 810
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 30/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 60/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kleinvlei precinct, which covers Penhill 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 Penhill?
The median property value in Penhill is R2.6M. Property values have grown by 3.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,600,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 69th 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 Penhill?
Development activity in Penhill
Penhill had 11 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 4 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 11
- Annual average
- 4/yr
- Avg project value
- R967K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Penhill?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Penhill in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 611 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 611
- Requests resolved
- 80% (491 of 611)
- 75% resolved within
- 9 days
- 90% resolved within
- 32 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 864.3 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 611
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Empty conservancy tank (156), Sewerage overflow (48), Low pressure (25)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Penhill
Municipal debt in Penhill averages R25 521 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 933 666
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R3 343 071
- Refuse
- R299 525
- Sewerage
- R170 484
- City-wide cleaning
- R57 671
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Penhill?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Eerste River Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.4 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 10 km
- Public facilities
- 4
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Penhill is Mfuleni, 4.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 4.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Eerste River Hospital, 1.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Eerste River Hospital · 1.4 km
- Nearest library
- Melton Rose · 1.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Willow · 0.26 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Penhill. 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 | 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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Penhill, Cape Town