Vogelvlei
A suburb with higher reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
Is Vogelvlei safe?
66th 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
The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (1 520) is below the city median.
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 26 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 228,173 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 19 898
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 21/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 32/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville South precinct, which covers Vogelvlei 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 Vogelvlei?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Vogelvlei?
Development activity in Vogelvlei
Vogelvlei had 5 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were commercial or industrial builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 5
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R22.3M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Vogelvlei?
Vogelvlei has 18 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 Vogelvlei?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Vogelvlei in a median of 2.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 63 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 63
- Requests resolved
- 79% (50 of 63)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 21 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 11.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 62
- Unresolved
- 19.0%
Top issues: No supply (10), Maintenance of Property Technical MD (7), Subdivision of Property (7)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Vogelvlei
Total outstanding municipal debt in Vogelvlei is R2.1M as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- -R191 696 (credit)
- Electricity
- R1 811 035
- Water
- R243 374
- Refuse
- R6 628
- Sewerage
- R172 444
- City-wide cleaning
- R27 426
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Vogelvlei?
Healthcare access
10 within 5km- Nearest public
- Sarepta Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.2 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 3
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Vogelvlei is Kuilsriver, 2.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 1.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 1.2 km
- Nearest library
- Pd Paulse · 1.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Lorna Park · 0.19 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Facilities: March 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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Vogelvlei, Cape Town