Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre
A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre, 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 Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre safe?
83rd percentile among 744 suburbs · precinct-level data, may not reflect this suburb · based on precinct-level data shared with 91 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?
- 34 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 385,899 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 67 476
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 28/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 41/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Because precinct-level data does not reliably represent Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre, this suburb has been excluded from safety-dependent rankings (Safest Suburbs, Best for Families, Affordable & Safe, Best for Investment, Most Improved). The safety index shown above reflects the Somerset West precinct as a whole and should not be taken as representative of Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre specifically.
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre 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 Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre?
Planned development
1 hectares of land in Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre 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 Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre is R1.1M. Property values have grown by 3.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,125,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 34th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre?
Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre has 16 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (47%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (47%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre?
Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre has a service delivery index of 84 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 48% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 66.8%
- Flush toilet
- 84.3%
- Weekly refuse
- 86.3%
- Grid electricity
- 97.6%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 47.6%
- Owner-occupied
- 14.8%
- Rented
- 21.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 17.9%
- Fire risk
- 4.4%
- Violent crime
- 4.7%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 45.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 30th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 1
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 54.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R123
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 33.6%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 43.1%
- No access
- 14.2%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 11.3%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 4.5%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 31.7%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.9 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.3
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 26.7%
- Fridge ownership
- 84.4%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 19.6%
- Borehole access
- 2.5%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 7.5%
- of households operate a home-based business
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 69 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 69
- Requests resolved
- 83% (57 of 69)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 18 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 69
- Unresolved
- 17.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (11), Illegal dumping (5), Customer : Reconnection Request (5)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre
Total outstanding municipal debt in Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre is R845K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R379 132
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R195 624
- Refuse
- R142 377
- Sewerage
- R121 476
- City-wide cleaning
- R6 762
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Sir Lowrys Pass CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.3 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 5.8 km
- Public facilities
- 3
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre is Sir Lowrys Pass, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc, 0.3 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc · 0.3 km
- Nearest library
- Sir Lowry'S Pass · 0.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Sir Lowry's Pass Greenbelt · 0.51 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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.
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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Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre, Cape Town