Phoenix
A suburb with higher reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Phoenix is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. 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 minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In Phoenix, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Phoenix 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 Phoenix safe?
42nd 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?
- 26 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 1,251,016 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 87 344
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 15/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 45/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Milnerton precinct, which covers Phoenix 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 Phoenix?
Planned development
1 hectares of land in Phoenix are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (1ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Phoenix is R780K. Property values have grown by 9.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R780,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +9.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 25th 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 Phoenix?
Development activity in Phoenix
Phoenix had 23 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 8 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 23
- Annual average
- 8/yr
- Avg project value
- R517K
How are schools in Phoenix?
Phoenix has 1 school within reach. Schools include Marconi Beam Primary School.
- Q4Marconi Beam Primary School
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Phoenix?
Phoenix has 114 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (48%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (48%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Phoenix?
Phoenix has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 78% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 90.0%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 78.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 21.0%
- Rented
- 58.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.0%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 6.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 27.0%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 79th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 1
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 20.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R90
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 63.0%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 37.0%
- No access
- 0.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 6.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 8.0%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.8 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.4
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 41.0%
- Fridge ownership
- 95.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 53.0%
- Borehole access
- 4.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 28.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
6% of electricity connections in Phoenix 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. 2,299 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Phoenix?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Phoenix in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 3,148 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 3 148
- Requests resolved
- 81% (2 538 of 3 148)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 12 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3357.9 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 3 143
- Unresolved
- 19.0%
Top issues: Power outage (383), Sewerage overflow (367), Customer : Reconnection Request (159)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Phoenix
Municipal debt in Phoenix averages R13 758 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R2 090 806
- Electricity
- R1 689 628
- Water
- R4 934 912
- Refuse
- R1 224 967
- Sewerage
- R1 912 488
- City-wide cleaning
- R32 213
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Phoenix?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Albow Gardens CDC · Community Day Centre · 3.3 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Milnerton · Private Hospital · 0.9 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Phoenix is Milnerton, 2.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 4.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Milnerton, 0.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Milnerton · 0.9 km
- Nearest library
- Milnerton · 1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Milky Way Drive Park · 0.05 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Kensington Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Phoenix. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
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 | 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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Phoenix, Cape Town