Uitsig has a safety index of 30 out of 100 (Higher reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Ravensmead precinct recorded approximately 3,424 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is below the city average.

Is Uitsig affordable?

Uitsig is among the more affordable suburbs in Cape Town. With a median property value of R390K, it falls in the 11th percentile, below most of the city. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

What are utility costs in Uitsig?

The median monthly water cost per account in Uitsig is R185, 72% below the city median of R658.

What is the municipal debt in Uitsig?

As of May 2026, the average outstanding municipal debt per account in Uitsig is R8,681, 2% below the city median of R8,815. Figures include all account types, so may overstate household debt in areas with commercial activity.

Uitsig

A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Safety30/100Safer than 17% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) · ↓ Improving Property2-400kTop 89%Schools3nearby Healthcare20 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilNear avg complaints4d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

Data current as of June 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Uitsig is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Uitsig, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Uitsig is served by schools within reach. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Uitsig safe?

Higher reported crime

Higher crimeModerateLower crime

37th 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

LowAbsolute crime volume

3 424 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280

↓ 7.0% vs Q3 2024

Rate and volume tell different stories.

The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (3 424) is below the city median.

Crime is higher than most of Cape Town but has been decreasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Check the breakdown below for specifics.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?: 30 / 100
Contact crime rate: 437,375 per 100k residents
Station population: 58 979
Harm rate (per resident): 25/100
Harm volume (absolute): 35/100
Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Ravensmead precinct, which covers Uitsig and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Uitsig?

11th percentile

Planned development

1 hectares of land in Uitsig are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel.

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

The median property value in Uitsig is R390K. Property values have grown by 2.0% per year since 2018.

A 2.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Uitsig properties (GV2022)

0-200k

2-400k ◀

4-600k

6-800k

800k-1M

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022: R390,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022): +2.0% per year
City-wide value percentile: 11th percentile
Dominant value band: 2-400k
Source: CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage: General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Uitsig?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data

Water

R185 / month

72% below city median

Electricity

This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.

Water trend:Dec 2025: R206Jan 2026: R185Feb 2026: R161

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Uitsig

↓ Decreasing

Uitsig had 6 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals: 6
Annual average: 2/yr
Avg project value: R6.1M

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Uitsig?

3 schools nearby

Uitsig has 3 schools within reach. Schools include C.L. Wilmot Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Uitsig will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›

Q3
C.L. Wilmot Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 551 learners · 32.4:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q3
Tygersig Primêre Skool
Public · Grades R–7 · 590 learners · 32.8:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q3
Uitsig Primêre Skool
Public · Grades R–7 · 550 learners · 32.4:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Uitsig?

Vehicle-led mix

Uitsig has 32 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (46%).

Taxi connectivity

Connected

32 routes

75th percentile · 27 destinations

Belhar delft, Delft, Delft south, Eindhoven delft, Elsies river, Khayelitsha +21 more

Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Uitsig – consider proximity to work when evaluating.

Private vehicle

46%

Walking

MyCiTi bus

14%

Minibus taxi

32%

Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›

Dominant mode: Private vehicle (46%)
Source: CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Uitsig?

Partial service delivery

Uitsig has a service delivery index of 95 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 74% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Elsies River survey group (57 households). direct.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R626) is 0.4× the city median of R1,674.

Access to basic services

95City median: 85

Piped water: 93.9%
Flush toilet: 88.3%
Weekly refuse: 100.0%
Grid electricity: 97.3%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

74City median: 68

Formal dwellings: 74.0%
Owner-occupied: 68.0%
Rented: 15.9%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

19risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26

Flooding risk: 9.4%
Fire risk: 1.8%
Violent crime: 3.0%
Non-violent crime: 4.9%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share: 42.8%; Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 36th percentile
Hardship dimensions: 1; Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share: 46.0%; of households receiving grants

Digital inclusion – Mixed-access suburb

Home fibre: 43.6%; City median: 46.5%
Mobile only: 34.4%
No access: 18.1%

Food security

Adult food insecurity: 11.3%; City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity: 11.8%; City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence: 9.7%; City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size: 3.7 people
Avg children per household: 1.1

Asset ownership

Computer access: 37.5%
Fridge ownership: 89.8%
Property ownership: 0.0%
Geyser ownership: 59.7%
Borehole access: 11.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business: 4.0%; of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time: 0.7%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Elsies River. direct.

Energy access

Free basic electricity

5.6%

City median

1% of electricity connections in Uitsig receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.

Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 2,435 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Uitsig?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Uitsig in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 6,693 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

7th

Percentile
across Cape Town

11%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (25%)Plumbing (8%)Carpentry (4%)Damaged Bin - 240L (3%)Doors: Internal / External (3%)

Service requests logged: 6 693
Requests resolved: 61% (4 052 of 6 693)
75% resolved within: 11 days
90% resolved within: 28 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

8 registered

Christian

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 1597.4 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 6 655
Unresolved: 40.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (1 660), Plumbing (557), Carpentry (281)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Uitsig

2% below city median

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Uitsig averages R8 681 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R8 681

per account

2% below city median

Trend:Mar 2026: R8 555Apr 2026: R8 773May 2026: R8 681

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R1 399 866
Electricity: R0
Water: R6 563 897
Refuse: R2 055 021
Sewerage: R2 675 735
City-wide cleaning: R22 500
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 Uitsig?

Well served

Healthcare access

20 within 5km

Nearest public: Uitsig Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.1 km
Nearest private: Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt · Private Hospital · 4.1 km
Public facilities: 17
Private facilities: 3

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

The nearest fire station to Uitsig is Belhar, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Ravensmead Swimming Pool, 1.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Uitsig Clinic, 0.1 km away.

Nearest clinic: Uitsig Clinic · 0.1 km
Nearest library: Adriaanse · 1.3 km
Nearest park / open space: Sonneblom Road Park · 0.46 km

Fire station

3.8

km to nearest
fire station

Belhar

divisional hq

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.2

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Ravensmead 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

Eureka Estate688m · R480K

37→

Connaught944m · R530K

35→

Modderdam954m · R920K

51→

Adriaanse1.2km · R530K

33→

Florida1.3km · R810K

37→

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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Uitsig. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Connaught Cravenby Eureka Estate Florida Modderdam Ravensmead

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 SADBE SchoolsCCT Household SurveyCCT 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.

Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. CCT Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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Uitsig

What's it like to live here?

How is the area changing?

What should buyers know?

Is Uitsig safe?

What do properties cost in Uitsig?

What do utilities cost in Uitsig?

Development activity in Uitsig

How are schools in Uitsig?

How connected is Uitsig?

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 ›

Commute mode share

What are living conditions in Uitsig?

Access to basic services

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Digital inclusion – Mixed-access suburb

Food security

Demographics & community

Asset ownership

Home-based economy

How responsive are municipal services in Uitsig?

Places of worship

Complaints & top issues

Municipal debt in Uitsig

What services are near Uitsig?

Healthcare access

Fire station

Public swimming pools

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