The Stables
A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
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.
Is The Stables safe?
59th 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?
- 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
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in The Stables?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in The Stables?
Development activity in The Stables
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
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is The Stables?
The Stables has 36 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.
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 Stables?
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.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- 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
Complaints & top issues
- 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 debt in The Stables
Total outstanding municipal debt in The Stables is R4.9M 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
What services are near The Stables?
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
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Parow North Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
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).
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 Stables, Cape Town