West Beach
A suburb with moderate reported crime, above-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
West Beach is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for 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 West Beach, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
West Beach is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is West Beach safe?
59th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 16 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?
- 36 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 550,556 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 72 767
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 26/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 49/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Table View precinct, which covers West Beach 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 West Beach?
The median property value in West Beach is R3.2M. Property values have grown by 4.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R3,200,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 79th 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
What do utilities cost in West Beach?
Development activity in West Beach
West Beach had 69 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 23 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 69
- Annual average
- 23/yr
- Avg project value
- R563K
How are schools in West Beach?
West Beach has 1 school within reach. Schools include West Coast Christian School.
- INDWest Coast Christian SchoolPrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is West Beach?
West Beach has 12 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (84%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in West Beach?
West Beach has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 46.0%
- Rented
- 20.1%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.0%
- Fire risk
- 1.2%
- Violent crime
- 0.6%
- Non-violent crime
- 1.9%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 30.6%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 72nd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 3.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R2,272
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 93.1%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 4.5%
- No access
- 0.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 1.4%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.6 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.6
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 94.4%
- Fridge ownership
- 97.5%
- Property ownership
- 1.4%
- Geyser ownership
- 88.5%
- Borehole access
- 28.3%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 19.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 6.2%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in West Beach?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in West Beach in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,950 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 950
- Requests resolved
- 76% (1 491 of 1 950)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1213.9 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 943
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (283), Single street light out (205), Damaged Bin - 240L (97)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in West Beach
Municipal debt in West Beach averages R9 840 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R4 817 453
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R2 692 541
- Refuse
- R442 228
- Sewerage
- R811 221
- City-wide cleaning
- R191 737
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near West Beach?
Healthcare access
2 within 5km- Nearest public
- Table View Clinic · Community Day Centre · 4.3 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 0.8 km
- Public facilities
- 1
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to West Beach is Milnerton, 6.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 12.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital, 0.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · 0.8 km
- Nearest library
- Bloubergstrand · 1.8 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Sandown Road Greenbelt · 0.17 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Kensington Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to West Beach. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 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).
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 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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West Beach, Cape Town