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Racing Park

A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Racing Park safe?

Moderate reported crime

59th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

HighAbsolute crime volume
5 536 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 3.1% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

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

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

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.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Racing Park?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R307 / month
53% below city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: -R208 (adj.)Jan 2026: R307Feb 2026: R371

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Racing Park

↑ Increasing

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

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Racing Park?

Well connected

Racing Park has 64 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Well connected
64 routes
93rd percentile · 47 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through Racing Park but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Bellville, Bothasig, Cape town, Cape town (station deck), Cape town (via killarney), Cape town (via melkbos strand) +41 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Racing Park?

Responsive

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.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
38th
Percentile
across Cape Town
18%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)No supply (11%)Power outage (6%)Customer mtr reading/consump (5%)Street lights out (5%)
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
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
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 FINANCE

Municipal debt in Racing Park

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Racing Park is R3.9M as of May 2026.

R3.9M
total
Breakdown 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

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Racing Park?

Some services nearby

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

4.6
km to nearest
fire station
Milnerton
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

9.9
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Parow North Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

The Stables688m
49
Dunoon711m · R370K
14
Killarney Gardens1.4km
Annandale Farm1.6km
Atlas Gardens Business Park1.9km
45
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Service Requests

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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