Twin Palms
A suburb with moderate reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Twin Palms is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Twin Palms, crime levels are stable 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 Twin Palms. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Twin Palms safe?
49th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 12 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?
- 54 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 310,364 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 62 895
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 45/100
- 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 Strand precinct, which covers Twin Palms 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 Twin Palms?
The median property value in Twin Palms is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 4.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,620,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.7% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 45th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- 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 Twin Palms?
Development activity in Twin Palms
Twin Palms had 14 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 14
- Annual average
- 5/yr
- Avg project value
- R59K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Twin Palms?
Twin Palms has 2 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 Twin Palms?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Twin Palms in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 766 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 766
- Requests resolved
- 82% (626 of 766)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 15 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 762
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (134), Sewerage overflow (92), E - Billing Invoices (43)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Twin Palms
Municipal debt in Twin Palms averages R3 105 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R239 109
- Electricity
- R321 769
- Water
- R409 797
- Refuse
- R68 000
- Sewerage
- R109 823
- City-wide cleaning
- R15 931
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Twin Palms?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Fagan Street Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.9 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 0.2 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Twin Palms is Strand, 0.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 1.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Strand, 0.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Strand · 0.2 km
- Nearest library
- Strand · 0.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Simonsberg Park · 0.15 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Twin Palms. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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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Twin Palms, Cape Town