Richmond
A suburb with moderate reported crime, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
There is also a Richmond in Johannesburg. See Richmond, Johannesburg
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Richmond is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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.
How is the area changing?
In Richmond, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Richmond. 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 Richmond safe?
98th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 14 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?
- 36 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 324,553 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 39 709
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 19/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Goodwood precinct, which covers Richmond 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 Richmond?
City of Cape Town Development Focus Area
Richmond is within the Goodwood / Parow / Elsies River Industrial development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.
The median property value in Richmond is R1.8M. Property values have grown by 3.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,750,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.1% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 49th 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 Richmond?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Richmond?
Richmond has 32 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 Richmond?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Richmond in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 592 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 592
- Requests resolved
- 75% (444 of 592)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 11 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3452.1 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 590
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Power outage (102), Suspect Tampering (57), Sewerage overflow (35)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Richmond
Municipal debt in Richmond averages R25 923 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R884 754
- Electricity
- R1 313 389
- Water
- R318 508
- Refuse
- R90 870
- Sewerage
- R155 120
- City-wide cleaning
- R13 176
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Richmond?
Healthcare access
17 within 5km- Nearest public
- Parow Clinic/CDC · Clinic · 1.3 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare N1 City Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.9 km
- Public facilities
- 12
- Private facilities
- 5
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Richmond is Goodwood, 1.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Goodwood Swimming Pool, 1.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Parow Clinic/Cdc, 1.3 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Parow Clinic/Cdc · 1.3 km
- Nearest library
- Parow · 1.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Church Road Park · 0.36 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Goodwood Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Richmond. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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