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The Stables

A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

The Stables is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In The Stables, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for The Stables. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is The Stables safe?

Moderate reported crime

59th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

HighAbsolute crime volume
5 536 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 3.1% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
49 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
550,556 per 100k residents
Station population
72 767
Harm rate (per resident)
36/100
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 Table View precinct, which covers The Stables and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in The Stables?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in The Stables?

Utility billing data is not available for The Stables. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in The Stables

↑ Increasing

The Stables had 4 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
4
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R1.1M

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is The Stables?

Well connected

The Stables has 36 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Well connected
36 routes
84th percentile · 36 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through The Stables but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Cape town, Cape town (station deck), Cape town (via killarney), Cape town (via melkbos strand), Cape town (via melkbosstrand), Du noon +30 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in The Stables?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in The Stables in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 51 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
3
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
13th
Percentile
across Cape Town
20%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (22%)Illegal dumping (10%)No supply (8%)Faulty damaged manhole cover (8%)Street lights out (4%)
Service requests logged
51
Requests resolved
80% (41 of 51)
75% resolved within
9 days
90% resolved within
28 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
50
Unresolved
20.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (11), No supply (4), Illegal dumping (4)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in The Stables

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in The Stables is R4.9M as of May 2026.

R4.9M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R223 349
Electricity
R0
Water
R2 691 076
Refuse
R494
Sewerage
R1 970 901
City-wide cleaning
-R135 (credit)
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near The Stables?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public
Du Noon Clinic · Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest private
Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
Public facilities
2
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to The Stables is Milnerton, 5.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 10.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Du Noon Clinic, 1.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Du Noon Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest library
Du Noon · 0.5 km
Nearest park / open space
Du Noon Pos · 1.07 km

Fire station

5.3
km to nearest
fire station
Milnerton
divisional hq
5-10km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

10.1
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Parow North Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Racing Park688m
49
Dunoon940m · R370K
14
Atlas Gardens Business Park1.6km
45
Annandale Farm1.8km
Killarney Gardens2.0km
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Bordering suburbs

2 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to The Stables. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Facilities: March 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026

Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Service Requests

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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