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Tygervalley Waterfront

A suburb with moderate reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Tygervalley Waterfront 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 Tygervalley Waterfront, crime is rising 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 Tygervalley Waterfront. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Tygervalley Waterfront safe?

Moderate reported crime

71st percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

HighAbsolute crime volume
6 668 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 10.3% vs Q3 2024
A middle-of-the-range area where crime has been increasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Review the breakdown below for a clearer picture.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
42 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
715,478 per 100k residents
Station population
78 711
Harm rate (per resident)
31/100
Harm volume (absolute)
56/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville precinct, which covers Tygervalley Waterfront 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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

City of Cape Town Development Focus Area

Tygervalley Waterfront 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.

Planned development

13 hectares of land in Tygervalley Waterfront are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (11ha) and Mixed Use (1ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Tygervalley Waterfront?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R41 041 / month
6134% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R40 756Jan 2026: R42 620Feb 2026: R41 041

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Tygervalley Waterfront

↑ Increasing

Tygervalley Waterfront had 33 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 11 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
33
Annual average
11/yr
Avg project value
R415K

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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

Low connectivity

Tygervalley Waterfront has 2 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 2 destinations
Bellville, Durbanville
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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Tygervalley Waterfront in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 383 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Tygervalley Waterfront residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
94th
Percentile
across Cape Town
30%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (11%)Refunds Final Accs/Overpay-North&South (9%)E - Billing Invoices (7%)Ownership Details (5%)No supply (5%)
Service requests logged
383
Requests resolved
86% (329 of 383)
75% resolved within
3 days
90% resolved within
8 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
383
Unresolved
14.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (41), Refunds Final Accs/Overpay-North&South (35), E - Billing Invoices (26)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Tygervalley Waterfront

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Tygervalley Waterfront is R6.9M as of May 2026.

R6.9M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R3 761 858
Electricity
R2 342 897
Water
R392 798
Refuse
R49 593
Sewerage
R286 251
City-wide cleaning
R85 495
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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

Well served

Healthcare access

9 within 5km
Nearest public
Karl Bremmer Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 3 km
Nearest private
Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3.3 km
Public facilities
5
Private facilities
4

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Tygervalley Waterfront is Bellville, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 3.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Karl Bremmer Hospital, 3.0 km away.

Nearest clinic
Karl Bremmer Hospital · 3 km
Nearest library
Tygervalley · 0.5 km
Nearest park / open space
Door De Kraal - Angelier Park · 0.47 km

Fire station

3.8
km to nearest
fire station
Bellville
district hq - north
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.6
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
9
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Bellville 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

Tygervalley778m
44
Door De Kraal944m · R3.4M
45
O'Kennedyville968m · R6.2M
Rosenpark1.1km
Stellenbosch Univ1.2km
42
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Tygervalley Waterfront. 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).

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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