Seawinds
A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Seawinds is a neighbourhood in False Bay, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Seawinds, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Seawinds is served by schools within reach. 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 Seawinds safe?
19th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (3 428) is below the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 23 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 580,801 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 52 856
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 14/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 37/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Muizenberg precinct, which covers Seawinds 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 Seawinds?
Planned development
0 hectares of land in Seawinds are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Seawinds is R460K. Property values have grown by 8.0% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R460,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +8.0% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 13th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-400k
- 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 Seawinds?
Development activity in Seawinds
Seawinds had 23 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 8 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 23
- Annual average
- 8/yr
- Avg project value
- R625K
How are schools in Seawinds?
Seawinds has 1 school within reach. Schools include Zerilda Park Primary School.
- Q4Zerilda Park Primary School
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Seawinds?
Seawinds has 11 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (41%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (41%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Seawinds?
Seawinds has a service delivery index of 95 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 67% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 89.8%
- Flush toilet
- 93.4%
- Weekly refuse
- 98.7%
- Grid electricity
- 98.1%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 66.6%
- Owner-occupied
- 53.8%
- Rented
- 22.6%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 4.4%
- Violent crime
- 1.9%
- Non-violent crime
- 1.9%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 49.0%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 23rd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 2
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 71.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R60
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 32.6%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 51.7%
- No access
- 15.7%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 17.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 12.4%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 27.2%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.1 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.2
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 22.6%
- Fridge ownership
- 92.1%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 30.3%
- Borehole access
- 3.1%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 3.1%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH part-time
- 3.1%
73% of electricity connections in Seawinds receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.
Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 5,789 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Seawinds?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Seawinds in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 7,908 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 7 908
- Requests resolved
- 81% (6 376 of 7 908)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 16 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 4074.4 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 7 890
- Unresolved
- 19.0%
Top issues: Power outage (1 445), PPM Display Blank (529), Suspect Tampering (449)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Seawinds
Municipal debt in Seawinds averages R3 312 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R366 550
- Electricity
- R3 462 047
- Water
- R1 835 554
- Refuse
- R551 660
- Sewerage
- R413 853
- City-wide cleaning
- R21 561
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Seawinds?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Seawinds Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.3 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 2.9 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Seawinds is Lakeside, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Retreat Swimming Pool, 2.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Seawinds Clinic, 0.3 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Seawinds Clinic · 0.3 km
- Nearest library
- Retreat · 2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Seawinds Smart Park · 0.22 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Retreat Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Related articles
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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.
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 Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Seawinds, Cape Town