Robben Island
A suburb with moderate reported crime relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
Is Robben Island safe?
0th 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?
- 50 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 21,905 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 11 111
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 47/100
- 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 Melkbosstrand precinct, which covers Robben Island 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 Robben Island?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Robben Island?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Robben Island in a median of 5.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 2
- Requests resolved
- 100% (2 of 2)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 8 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
What services are near Robben Island?
The nearest fire station to Robben Island is Melkbosstrand, 10.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Sea Point Swimming Pool, 12.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital, 10.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · 10.6 km
- Nearest library
- Bloubergstrand · 8.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- La Paloma Pos · 8.13 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Sea Point Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Facilities: March 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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Robben Island, Cape Town