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Smitswinkelbaai

A suburb with above-average property values relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Smitswinkelbaai
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property2-2.5MTop 26%

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Smitswinkelbaai is a neighbourhood in False Bay, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Smitswinkelbaai, 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 Smitswinkelbaai. The suburb is healthcare facilities are more distant than in most suburbs.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Smitswinkelbaai safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. smitswinkelbaai makes up a very small share of the Simon's Town police precinct, so we cannot reliably separate its crime data from the rest of the precinct. Rather than show a score that could be misleading, we have withheld it.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Smitswinkelbaai?

74th percentile

The median property value in Smitswinkelbaai is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Smitswinkelbaai properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R2,900,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+3.3% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
74th 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Smitswinkelbaai?

Utility billing data is not available for Smitswinkelbaai. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Smitswinkelbaai

→ Stable

Smitswinkelbaai had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were new residential builds.

3-year approvals
1
Annual average
0/yr
Avg project value
R2.2M

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Smitswinkelbaai?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Smitswinkelbaai in a median of 0.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 7 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Smitswinkelbaai residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
0.5
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
99th
Percentile
across Cape Town
50%
Resolved
same day
Debit Order - Changes / Terminations (29%)Debit Order- 7th,15th and Last day Month (29%)Maintenance of Property Technical MD (14%)Billing Discrepancy (14%)Customer account adjustment (14%)
Service requests logged
7
Requests resolved
86% (6 of 7)
75% resolved within
1 day
90% resolved within
10 days
Source
CCT service request database

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Smitswinkelbaai

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Smitswinkelbaai is R75K as of May 2026.

R75K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R78 187
Electricity
R0
Water
-R4 180 (credit)
Refuse
R411
Sewerage
-R6 952 (credit)
City-wide cleaning
R7 050
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Smitswinkelbaai?

Limited access

Healthcare access

0 within 5km
Nearest public
Simons Town Satellite · Community Day Centre · 8.2 km
Nearest private
Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 21.7 km
Public facilities
0
Private facilities
0

No public healthcare facilities within 5 km of this suburb.

The nearest fire station to Smitswinkelbaai is Simonstown, 9.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 17.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Simons Town Satellite, 8.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Simons Town Satellite · 8.2 km
Nearest library
Simon'S Town · 8.1 km
Nearest park / open space
Cotton Pos · 9.23 km

Fire station

9.6
km to nearest
fire station
Simonstown
community station
5-10km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

17.4
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Muizenberg Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Castle Rock2.6km · R6.9M
→
Cape Farms - District H8.7km · R19.1M
38→
Simon's Town9.4km · R4.2M
47→
Scarborough10.7km · R3.6M
100→
Glencairn12.3km · R2.7M
100→
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Bordering suburbs

1 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Smitswinkelbaai. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Cape Farms District H

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026

Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Service Requests

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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