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Victoria Park

A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Safety50/100Precinct estimate only · ↓ ImprovingProperty800k-1MTop 63%Schools1nearbyHealthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilNear avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage6 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Victoria Park is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Victoria Park, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Victoria Park is served by schools within reach. 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 Victoria Park safe?

Moderate reported crime

83rd percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

LowAbsolute crime volume
3 828 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 17.0% 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?
50 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
385,899 per 100k residents
Station population
67 476
Harm rate (per resident)
39/100
Harm volume (absolute)
64/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Victoria Park 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 Victoria Park?

37th percentile

The median property value in Victoria Park is R1.3M. Property values have grown by 9.6% per year since 2018.

A 9.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Victoria Park 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
R1,300,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+9.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
37th percentile
Dominant value band
800k-1M
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 Victoria Park?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R342 / month
48% below city median
Electricity
No billing data available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R426Jan 2026: R342Feb 2026: R313

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Victoria Park

↑ Increasing

Victoria Park had 10 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
10
Annual average
3/yr
Avg project value
R362K

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 Victoria Park?

1 school nearby

Victoria Park has 1 school within reach. Schools include Gloria Botha School Strand.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Victoria Park will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Gloria Botha School Strand
    Independent · Special needs · 47 learners · 9.4:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateSpecialist provision

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 Victoria Park?

Limited connectivity

Victoria Park has 6 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 ›

Limited connectivity
6 routes
28th percentile · 8 destinations
Advanced medical technology(somerset west), Macassar, Riverton street(somerset west), Sir lowrys pass town, Somerset west, Strand +2 more
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 Victoria Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Victoria Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,188 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 Victoria Park 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
40%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (20%)Power outage (9%)Street lights out (6%)Customer reconnection request (4%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)
Service requests logged
1 188
Requests resolved
85% (1 014 of 1 188)
75% resolved within
3 days
90% resolved within
9 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
1489.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
1 182
Unresolved
15.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (241), Power outage (111), Street lights out (65)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Victoria Park

62% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Victoria Park averages R3 350 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R3 350
per account
62% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R3 314Apr 2026: R3 408May 2026: R3 350
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R538 949
Electricity
R330 869
Water
R430 230
Refuse
R203 897
Sewerage
R199 445
City-wide cleaning
R35 511
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 Victoria Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.7 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 2.4 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 Victoria Park is Somerset West, 1.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 3.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Somerset West Cdc, 1.7 km away.

Nearest clinic
Somerset West Cdc · 1.7 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 1.8 km
Nearest park / open space
Saratoga Greenbelt · 0.06 km

Fire station

1.3
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand 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

Helderzicht417m · R1.3M
→
Lourensia Park432m · R390K
→
Paarde Vlei460m · R1.2M
→
Goedehoop628m · R2.8M
→
Silvertas661m · R1.1M
→
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

HelderzichtLourensia ParkPaarde VleiSomerset WestStrand Golf Club

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 | 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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