Rosendal
A suburb with moderate reported crime, among the highest property values in Cape Town, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Rosendal is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for 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 Rosendal, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Rosendal. 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 Rosendal safe?
93rd 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?
- 37 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 460,321 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 66 873
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 25/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 54/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Durbanville precinct, which covers Rosendal 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 Rosendal?
The median property value in Rosendal is R3.3M. Property values have grown by 0.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R3,340,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +0.9% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 81st 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 Rosendal?
Development activity in Rosendal
Rosendal had 21 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 7 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 21
- Annual average
- 7/yr
- Avg project value
- R585K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Rosendal?
Rosendal has 13 minibus taxi routes.
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 Rosendal?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rosendal in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 527 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 527
- Requests resolved
- 72% (378 of 527)
- 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?
- 585.1 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 525
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (55), Suspect Tampering (53), Sewerage overflow (48)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Rosendal
Municipal debt in Rosendal averages R7 565 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R770 906
- Electricity
- R454 968
- Water
- R109 208
- Refuse
- R21 121
- Sewerage
- R58 951
- City-wide cleaning
- R37 360
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Rosendal?
Healthcare access
9 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.9 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 4.3 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Rosendal is Durbanville, 3.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 4.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 2.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 2.9 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 1.2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Rosendal Dam Park · 0.03 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Morning Star Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Rosendal. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | 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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Rosendal, Cape Town