Racing Park
A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Racing Park is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Racing Park, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Racing Park. 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 Racing Park safe?
59th 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?
- 49 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 550,556 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 72 767
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 37/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 66/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Table View precinct, which covers Racing Park 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 Racing Park?
Planned development
29 hectares of land in Racing Park are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (17ha) and High Density Residential (12ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Racing Park?
Development activity in Racing Park
Racing Park had 2 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
- 2
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R115K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Racing Park?
Racing Park has 64 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Racing Park?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Racing Park in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 282 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 282
- Requests resolved
- 72% (204 of 282)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 281
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (47), No supply (30), Power outage (16)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Racing Park
Total outstanding municipal debt in Racing Park is R3.9M as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R1 493 638
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R1 143 108
- Refuse
- R208 869
- Sewerage
- R1 035 252
- City-wide cleaning
- R28 099
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Racing Park?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Du Noon Clinic · Clinic · 0.8 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.9 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Racing Park is Milnerton, 4.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 9.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Du Noon Clinic, 0.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Du Noon Clinic · 0.8 km
- Nearest library
- Du Noon · 0.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Du Noon Pos · 0.5 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 Racing Park. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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Racing Park, Cape Town