The Crest
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?
The Crest 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 The Crest, 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?
The Crest is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is The Crest 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?
- 47 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 460,321 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 66 873
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 33/100
- 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 Durbanville precinct, which covers The Crest 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 Crest?
The median property value in The Crest is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 3.0% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,405,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.0% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 66th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1.5-2M
- 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 Crest?
Development activity in The Crest
The Crest had 35 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 12 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 35
- Annual average
- 12/yr
- Avg project value
- R342K
How are schools in The Crest?
The Crest has 1 school within reach. Schools include Rainbow Montessori School.
- INDRainbow Montessori SchoolPrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is The Crest?
The Crest has 5 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 Crest?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in The Crest in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 750 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 750
- Requests resolved
- 77% (580 of 750)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 16 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1654.4 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 747
- Unresolved
- 22.0%
Top issues: Power outage (48), Damaged Bin - 240L (45), Street lights out (44)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in The Crest
Municipal debt in The Crest averages R2 937 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R591 763
- Electricity
- R129 442
- Water
- R240 051
- Refuse
- R101 475
- Sewerage
- R142 270
- City-wide cleaning
- R25 511
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near The Crest?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 2.1 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 1.8 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to The Crest is Durbanville, 2.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 1.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Durbanville, 1.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Durbanville · 1.8 km
- Nearest library
- Durbanville · 2.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Joostenberg Park · 0.04 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 The Crest. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | 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.
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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The Crest, Cape Town