Tygervalley Waterfront
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?
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.
Is Tygervalley Waterfront safe?
71st 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?
- 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
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
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.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Tygervalley Waterfront?
Development activity in Tygervalley Waterfront
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
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Tygervalley Waterfront?
Tygervalley Waterfront 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 Tygervalley Waterfront?
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.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- 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
Complaints & top issues
- 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 debt in Tygervalley Waterfront
Total outstanding municipal debt in Tygervalley Waterfront is R6.9M 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
What services are near Tygervalley Waterfront?
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
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
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).
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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Tygervalley Waterfront, Cape Town