Transnet Marshalling Yard
A suburb with higher reported crime relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Transnet Marshalling Yard is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Transnet Marshalling Yard, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Transnet Marshalling Yard. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Transnet Marshalling Yard safe?
66th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 7 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (1 520) is below the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 32 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 228,173 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 19 898
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 22/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 48/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville South precinct, which covers Transnet Marshalling Yard 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 Transnet Marshalling Yard?
City of Cape Town Development Focus Area
Transnet Marshalling Yard is within the Belville CBD / Tygervalley development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Transnet Marshalling Yard?
Development activity in Transnet Marshalling Yard
Transnet Marshalling Yard had 3 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
- 3
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.7M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Transnet Marshalling Yard?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Transnet Marshalling Yard in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 132 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 132
- Requests resolved
- 72% (95 of 132)
- 75% resolved within
- 16 days
- 90% resolved within
- 43 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 132
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Street lights out (16), Sewerage overflow (13), Single street light out (9)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Transnet Marshalling Yard
R0 - Transnet Marshalling Yard has a net credit balance as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R1 375 940
- Electricity
- -R3 490 595 (credit)
- Water
- R1 018 781
- Refuse
- R35 799
- Sewerage
- R871 872
- City-wide cleaning
- R1 914
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Transnet Marshalling Yard?
Healthcare access
18 within 5km- Nearest public
- Bellville Mens Health Satellite · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 1.6 km
- Public facilities
- 14
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Transnet Marshalling Yard is Bellville, 1.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 1.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Bellville Mens Health Satellite, 1.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Bellville Mens Health Satellite · 1.2 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Parow Industrial Pos · 0.85 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Transnet Marshalling Yard. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | 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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Transnet Marshalling Yard, Cape Town