Wesfleur
A suburb with moderate reported crime, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Wesfleur is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Wesfleur, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Wesfleur. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Wesfleur safe?
78th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 12 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?
- 49 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 448,512 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 50 494
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 37/100
- 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 Atlantis precinct, which covers Wesfleur 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 Wesfleur?
City of Cape Town Development Focus Area
Wesfleur is within the Atlantis Industrial development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Wesfleur?
Development activity in Wesfleur
Wesfleur had 4 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 4
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.7M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Wesfleur?
Wesfleur has 47 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (63%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (63%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Wesfleur?
Wesfleur has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 90% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 96.0%
- Flush toilet
- 97.8%
- Weekly refuse
- 99.9%
- Grid electricity
- 99.9%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 90.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 37.8%
- Rented
- 35.2%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.9%
- Fire risk
- 0.1%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 39.2%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 47th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 2
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 41.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R71
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 58.9%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 31.2%
- No access
- 7.1%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 12.6%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 3.2%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 23.6%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.8 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.0
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 32.3%
- Fridge ownership
- 94.3%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 56.4%
- Borehole access
- 6.2%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 3.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH part-time
- 0.5%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Wesfleur?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Wesfleur in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 131 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 131
- Requests resolved
- 68% (89 of 131)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 12 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 220.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 128
- Unresolved
- 32.0%
Top issues: Illegal dumping (15), Empty conservancy tank (15), Sewerage overflow (12)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Wesfleur
R0 - Wesfleur has a net credit balance as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R0
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- -R12 816 (credit)
- Refuse
- R0
- Sewerage
- -R1 382 (credit)
- City-wide cleaning
- R0
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Wesfleur?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Saxon Sea Clinic · Clinic · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 27.2 km
- Public facilities
- 4
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Wesfleur is Atlantis, 2.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool, 1.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Saxon Sea Clinic, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Saxon Sea Clinic · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Avondale · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Sacramento Greenbelt · 0.88 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Wesfleur. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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 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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Wesfleur, Cape Town