Rustdal
A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Rustdal 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.
How is the area changing?
In Rustdal, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Rustdal is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Rustdal 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?
- 46 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 491,057 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 83 576
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 32/100
- 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 Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Rustdal 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 Rustdal?
Planned development
1 hectares of land in Rustdal are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (1ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Rustdal is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 5.4% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,740,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.4% 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 Rustdal?
Development activity in Rustdal
Rustdal had 29 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 10 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 29
- Annual average
- 10/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.1M
How are schools in Rustdal?
Rustdal has 1 school within reach. Schools include M Juniors School.
- INDM Juniors SchoolPrivateFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Rustdal?
Rustdal has 14 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 Rustdal?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rustdal in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 813 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 813
- Requests resolved
- 73% (591 of 813)
- 75% resolved within
- 9 days
- 90% resolved within
- 41 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1872.2 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 809
- Unresolved
- 27.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (163), Street lights out (44), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (41)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Rustdal
Municipal debt in Rustdal averages R16 269 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 986 214
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R2 494 236
- Refuse
- R485 869
- Sewerage
- R837 349
- City-wide cleaning
- R69 399
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Rustdal?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.5 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Rustdal is Kuilsriver, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 3.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 2.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Blue Downs Clinic · 2.5 km
- Nearest library
- Melton Rose · 3.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Eike Avenue Park · 0.01 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Rustdal. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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).
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.
Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Rustdal, Cape Town