Tygervalley
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?
Tygervalley is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Tygervalley, 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. 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 Tygervalley 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?
- 44 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 715,478 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 78 711
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 29/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- 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 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?
City of Cape Town Development Focus Area
Tygervalley 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
12 hectares of land in Tygervalley are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Mixed Use (12ha).
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?
Development activity in Tygervalley
Tygervalley had 63 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 21 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 63
- Annual average
- 21/yr
- Avg project value
- R508K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Tygervalley?
Tygervalley has 13 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?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Tygervalley in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 422 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 422
- Requests resolved
- 68% (287 of 422)
- 75% resolved within
- 14 days
- 90% resolved within
- 35 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
- 420
- Unresolved
- 32.0%
Top issues: Street lights out (66), Single street light out (26), Sewerage overflow (20)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Tygervalley
Total outstanding municipal debt in Tygervalley is R8.3M as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R7 820 411
- Electricity
- -R980 264 (credit)
- Water
- R349 576
- Refuse
- R822 037
- Sewerage
- R260 086
- City-wide cleaning
- R2 842
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Tygervalley?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.4 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 2.7 km
- Public facilities
- 5
- Private facilities
- 3
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Tygervalley is Bellville, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 3.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 2.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 2.4 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 0.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Old Oak Drive Park · 1.06 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. 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 | 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, Cape Town