Sir Lowry's Pass
A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable 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 is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In Sir Lowry's Pass, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Sir Lowry's Pass is served by schools within reach. 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 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
The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (3 828) is below the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 33 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 385,899 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 67 476
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 27/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 40/100
- 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, 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 specifically.
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Sir Lowry's Pass 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?
Planned development
23 hectares of land in Sir Lowry's Pass are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (23ha).
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 is R250K. Property values have grown by 20.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R250,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +20.1% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 5th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 0-200k
- 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?
Development activity in Sir Lowry's Pass
Sir Lowry's Pass had 129 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 43 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 129
- Annual average
- 43/yr
- Avg project value
- R503K
88% social housing88% of recent building plans in Sir Lowry's Pass were for RDP or low-cost housing projects.
How are schools in Sir Lowry's Pass?
Sir Lowry's Pass has 1 school within reach. Schools include Sir Lowry'S Pass Primêre Skool.
- Q4Sir Lowry'S Pass Primêre SkoolFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Sir Lowry's Pass?
Sir Lowry's Pass has 20 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?
Sir Lowry's Pass 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?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Sir Lowry's Pass in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,061 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 2 061
- Requests resolved
- 83% (1 718 of 2 061)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 10 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 308.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 883
- Unresolved
- 21.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (216), Street lights out (61), Empty conservancy tank (59)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Sir Lowry's Pass
Municipal debt in Sir Lowry's Pass averages R5 238 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R580 339
- Electricity
- R4 049
- Water
- R722 622
- Refuse
- R270 112
- Sewerage
- R350 700
- City-wide cleaning
- R23 068
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Sir Lowry's Pass?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Sir Lowrys Pass CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.4 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 6 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 is Sir Lowrys Pass, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc, 0.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc · 0.4 km
- Nearest library
- Sir Lowry'S Pass · 0.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Sir Lowry's Pass Pos · 0.41 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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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Sir Lowry's Pass. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
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 | 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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Sir Lowry's Pass, Cape Town