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Uitzicht

A suburb with moderate reported crime and above-average property values relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Uitzicht is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Uitzicht, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Uitzicht is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Uitzicht safe?

Moderate reported crime

93rd percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 54 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

LowAbsolute crime volume
3 996 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 4.6% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
36 / 100
Contact crime rate
460,321 per 100k residents
Station population
66 873
Harm rate (per resident)
26/100
Harm volume (absolute)
50/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Durbanville precinct, which covers Uitzicht 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 Uitzicht?

62nd percentile

The median property value in Uitzicht is R2.3M. Property values have grown by 5.2% per year since 2018.

A 5.2% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Uitzicht properties (GV2022)

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
R2,280,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.2% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
62nd percentile
Dominant value band
1.5-2M
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 Uitzicht?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R825 / month
25% above city median
Electricity
R1 182 / month
38% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 061Jan 2026: R825Feb 2026: R808
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 182Jan 2026: R2 009Feb 2026: R1 074

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Uitzicht

↓ Decreasing

Uitzicht had 109 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 36 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
109
Annual average
36/yr
Avg project value
R218K

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 Uitzicht?

1 school nearby

Uitzicht has 1 school within reach. Schools include Curro Uitzicht Independent School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Uitzicht will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Curro Uitzicht Independent School
    Independent · Grades R–12 · 125 learners · 5.7:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateNo-fee schoolFavourable class size

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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Uitzicht?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Uitzicht in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,630 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
45th
Percentile
across Cape Town
26%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (12%)Single street light out (11%)Noise Nuisance (5%)Power outage (4%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged
2 630
Requests resolved
77% (2 018 of 2 630)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
15 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
1840.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
2 622
Unresolved
23.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (319), Single street light out (275), Noise Nuisance (118)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Uitzicht

35% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Uitzicht averages R5 707 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R5 707
per account
35% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R5 524Apr 2026: R5 822May 2026: R5 707
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R2 834 815
Electricity
R1 840 784
Water
R1 396 400
Refuse
R514 916
Sewerage
R757 024
City-wide cleaning
R155 681
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 Uitzicht?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Brighton Street Clinic · Community Day Centre · 3.1 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 3.2 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
2

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

The nearest fire station to Uitzicht is Kraaifontein, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 3.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Brighton Street Clinic, 3.1 km away.

Nearest clinic
Brighton Street Clinic · 3.1 km
Nearest library
Kraaifontein · 3 km
Nearest park / open space
Uitzicht Park 6 · 0.09 km

Fire station

3
km to nearest
fire station
Kraaifontein
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.2
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Morning Star 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

Avalon Estate601m · R2.6M
45
Welgevonden908m · R3.4M
Rosedale - Durbanville1.3km · R2.2M
48
Graanendal1.3km · R3.4M
100
Pinehurst1.3km · R3M
48
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Bordering suburbs

8 adjacent

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

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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