Penlyn Estate
A suburb with moderate reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Penlyn Estate is a neighbourhood in Southern Suburbs, 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 Penlyn Estate, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Penlyn Estate is served by schools within reach. 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 Penlyn Estate safe?
63rd percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 7 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?
- 35 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 265,033 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 24 813
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 23/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 53/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Lansdowne precinct, which covers Penlyn Estate 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 Penlyn Estate?
The median property value in Penlyn Estate is R1.9M. Property values have grown by 5.0% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,850,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.0% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 52nd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- 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 Penlyn Estate?
Development activity in Penlyn Estate
Penlyn Estate had 28 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 9 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 28
- Annual average
- 9/yr
- Avg project value
- R291K
How are schools in Penlyn Estate?
Penlyn Estate has 1 school within reach. Schools include Savvy College.
- INDSavvy CollegePrivateFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Penlyn Estate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Penlyn Estate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,342 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 2 342
- Requests resolved
- 78% (1 831 of 2 342)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 10 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2647.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 2 334
- Unresolved
- 22.0%
Top issues: Power outage (519), Street lights out (136), Sewerage overflow (124)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Penlyn Estate
Municipal debt in Penlyn Estate averages R10 031 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 921 631
- Electricity
- R1 789 397
- Water
- R1 468 058
- Refuse
- R392 122
- Sewerage
- R538 143
- City-wide cleaning
- R49 529
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Penlyn Estate?
Healthcare access
21 within 5km- Nearest public
- Honeyside Satellite · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Gatesville · Private Hospital · 1.6 km
- Public facilities
- 17
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Penlyn Estate is Ottery, 3.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Hanover Park Swimming Pool, 1.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Honeyside Satellite, 0.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Honeyside Satellite · 0.6 km
- Nearest library
- Hanover Park · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Penlyn Greenbelt · 0.01 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Hanover Park Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Penlyn Estate. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Related articles
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Penlyn Estate, Cape Town