Stellenryk
A suburb with lower reported crime, above-average property values, and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Stellenryk 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 well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Stellenryk, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Stellenryk is served by schools within reach, and matric results exceed the city average by a comfortable margin. 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 Stellenryk safe?
93rd percentile among 744 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?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 460,321 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 66 873
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Durbanville precinct, which covers Stellenryk 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 Stellenryk?
The median property value in Stellenryk is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 2.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,890,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.9% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 74th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2.5-3M
- 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 Stellenryk?
Development activity in Stellenryk
Stellenryk had 32 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 11 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 32
- Annual average
- 11/yr
- Avg project value
- R967K
How are schools in Stellenryk?
Stellenryk has 1 school within reach. The area matric pass rate is 98.2%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Stellenberg Hoërskool.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 98.2%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 309 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q5
- Q4-Q5
- Q5Stellenberg HoërskoolQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Stellenryk?
Stellenryk has 3 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 Stellenryk?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Stellenryk in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 962 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 962
- Requests resolved
- 71% (683 of 962)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3455.1 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 958
- Unresolved
- 29.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (93), Single street light out (77), Street lights out (67)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Stellenryk
Municipal debt in Stellenryk averages R6 602 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R714 629
- Electricity
- R938 191
- Water
- R790 800
- Refuse
- R78 337
- Sewerage
- R125 726
- City-wide cleaning
- R35 120
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Stellenryk?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Brackenfell Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.4 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 3.5 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Stellenryk is Durbanville, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 4.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Brackenfell Clinic, 2.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Brackenfell Clinic · 2.4 km
- Nearest library
- Brackenfell · 2.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Stellenryk Greenbelt · 0.13 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Morning Star Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Stellenryk. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | 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.
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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Stellenryk, Cape Town