Stellenridge
A suburb with moderate reported crime, above-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Stellenridge is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Stellenridge, crime is rising 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 Stellenridge. 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 Stellenridge safe?
71st percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 45 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 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 715,478 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 78 711
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 31/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville precinct, which covers Stellenridge 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 Stellenridge?
The median property value in Stellenridge is R2.5M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,520,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 68th 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
What do utilities cost in Stellenridge?
Development activity in Stellenridge
Stellenridge had 32 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 11 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 32
- Annual average
- 11/yr
- Avg project value
- R270K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Stellenridge?
Stellenridge has 4 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 Stellenridge?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Stellenridge in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,374 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 374
- Requests resolved
- 74% (1 020 of 1 374)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 12 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3942.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 357
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (205), Sewerage overflow (121), No supply (104)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Stellenridge
Municipal debt in Stellenridge averages R4 572 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R550 926
- Electricity
- R672 348
- Water
- R397 538
- Refuse
- R85 637
- Sewerage
- R194 526
- City-wide cleaning
- R30 035
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Stellenridge?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.7 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3.8 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 3
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Stellenridge is Bellville, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 4.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 1.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 1.7 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 1.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Shale Street Park · 0.07 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Stellenridge. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Stellenridge, Cape Town