Rouxville
A suburb with moderate reported crime, above-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Rouxville is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range 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 Rouxville, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Rouxville. 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 Rouxville safe?
92nd 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?
- 42 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 491,057 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 83 576
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 29/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 62/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Rouxville 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 Rouxville?
The median property value in Rouxville is R2.2M. Property values have grown by 2.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,220,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.1% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 61st percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-2.5M
- 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 Rouxville?
Development activity in Rouxville
Rouxville had 26 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 9 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 26
- Annual average
- 9/yr
- Avg project value
- R303K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Rouxville?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rouxville in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 927 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 927
- Requests resolved
- 80% (740 of 927)
- 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?
- 1698.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 924
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Power outage (125), Single street light out (100), Sewerage overflow (66)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Rouxville
Municipal debt in Rouxville averages R4 954 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 051 755
- Electricity
- R498 663
- Water
- R542 339
- Refuse
- R197 165
- Sewerage
- R257 919
- City-wide cleaning
- R47 952
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Rouxville?
Healthcare access
6 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.5 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.9 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Rouxville is Kuilsriver, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 5.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 1.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kuilsriver Clinic · 1.5 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 1.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Peperboom POS · 0.11 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Rouxville. 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 | 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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Rouxville, Cape Town