The Conifers
A suburb with moderate 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?
The Conifers is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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.
How is the area changing?
In The Conifers, crime is rising 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 The Conifers. 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 The Conifers safe?
81st 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?
- 43 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 881,028 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 107 810
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 28/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 66/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kleinvlei precinct, which covers The Conifers 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 The Conifers?
Planned development
42 hectares of land in The Conifers are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Low Density Residential (42ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in The Conifers is R670K. Property values have grown by 4.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R670,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 20th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 The Conifers?
Development activity in The Conifers
The Conifers had 149 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 50 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 149
- Annual average
- 50/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.2M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is The Conifers?
The Conifers has 19 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 The Conifers?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in The Conifers in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,366 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 366
- Requests resolved
- 82% (1 117 of 1 366)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 21 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 360
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (287), Customer : Reconnection Request (75), Residential Bin Application - 240L (70)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in The Conifers
Municipal debt in The Conifers averages R18 751 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R3 083 486
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R5 990 757
- Refuse
- R1 223 212
- Sewerage
- R2 016 901
- City-wide cleaning
- R201 189
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near The Conifers?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.4 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 7.9 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to The Conifers is Mfuleni, 1.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 1.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 1.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Blue Downs Clinic · 1.4 km
- Nearest library
- Melton Rose · 1.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Groenberg Street Park 1 · 0.37 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to The Conifers. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | 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.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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The Conifers, Cape Town