Vredekloof Heights
A suburb with lower reported crime, above-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Vredekloof Heights 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 well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Vredekloof Heights, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Vredekloof Heights. 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.
Is Vredekloof Heights safe?
90th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 31 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?
- 99 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 101,507 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 53 147
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 98/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Brackenfell precinct, which covers Vredekloof Heights 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 Vredekloof Heights?
The median property value in Vredekloof Heights is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 1.0% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,350,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +1.0% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 64th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-2.5M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Vredekloof Heights?
Development activity in Vredekloof Heights
Vredekloof Heights had 5 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
- 5
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R165K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Vredekloof Heights?
Vredekloof Heights has 1 minibus taxi route.
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 Vredekloof Heights?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Vredekloof Heights in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 441 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 441
- Requests resolved
- 76% (336 of 441)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 20 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 4813.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 439
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (56), No supply (32), Low pressure (31)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Vredekloof Heights
Municipal debt in Vredekloof Heights averages R2 691 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R241 751
- Electricity
- R108 689
- Water
- R89 758
- Refuse
- R44 379
- Sewerage
- R46 058
- City-wide cleaning
- R12 874
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Vredekloof Heights?
Healthcare access
10 within 5km- Nearest public
- Brighton Street Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.4 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 1.3 km
- Public facilities
- 8
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Vredekloof Heights is Kraaifontein, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 4.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Cape Gate, 1.3 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · 1.3 km
- Nearest library
- Brackenfell · 2.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Welgelee Pos · 0.38 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Morning Star Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Vredekloof Heights. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | 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).
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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Vredekloof Heights, Cape Town