Summerville
A suburb with lower reported crime, below-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Summerville is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Summerville, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Summerville. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Summerville safe?
64th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
The per-capita rate is low due to a large residential population (258 291). Absolute crime volume (9 140) is 2.1x the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 1,767,626 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 258 291
- 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 Kraaifontein precinct, which covers Summerville 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 Summerville?
The median property value in Summerville is R850K. Property values have grown by 4.2% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R850,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.2% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 28th 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 Summerville?
Development activity in Summerville
Summerville had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 1
- Annual average
- 0/yr
- Avg project value
- R581K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Summerville?
Summerville has 57 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 Summerville?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Summerville in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 218 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 218
- Requests resolved
- 83% (181 of 218)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 23 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 892.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 211
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (34), Street lights out (16), Non-Collection of 240L Bin (15)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Summerville
Total outstanding municipal debt in Summerville is R294K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R31 492
- Electricity
- R136 711
- Water
- R63 930
- Refuse
- R23 251
- Sewerage
- R37 450
- City-wide cleaning
- R994
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Summerville?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Scottsdene Clinic · Clinic · 1 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 2.8 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Summerville is Kraaifontein, 2.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 7.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Scottsdene Clinic, 1.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Scottsdene Clinic · 1 km
- Nearest library
- Eikendal · 0.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Rheebok Park · 0.12 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
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Summerville. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 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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Summerville, Cape Town