West Riding has a safety index of 41 out of 100 (Moderate reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Table View precinct recorded approximately 5,536 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is above the city average.

Is West Riding affordable?

West Riding sits in the mid-range for Cape Town property values. The median is R2.1M, placing it in the 58th percentile, broadly in line with the city median. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

What are utility costs in West Riding?

The median monthly water cost per account in West Riding is R991, 51% above the city median of R658.

What is the municipal debt in West Riding?

As of May 2026, the average outstanding municipal debt per account in West Riding is R11,643, 32% above the city median of R8,815. Figures include all account types, so may overstate household debt in areas with commercial activity.

West Riding

A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Safety41/100Safer than 51% of Cape Town suburbs (relative)Property4-600kTop 42%Schools1nearby Healthcare5 facilitiesmoderate access CouncilNear avg complaints2d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

Data current as of June 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

West Riding 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 below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In West Riding, 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 Riding is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 West Riding safe?

Moderate reported crime

Higher crimeModerateLower crime

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

HighAbsolute crime volume

5 536 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280

↑ 3.1% 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?: 41 / 100
Contact crime rate: 550,556 per 100k residents
Station population: 72 767
Harm rate (per resident): 25/100
Harm volume (absolute): 66/100
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 Riding and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in West Riding?

58th percentile

The median property value in West Riding is R2.1M. Property values have grown by 5.1% per year since 2018.

A 5.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – West Riding properties (GV2022)

0-200k

2-400k

4-600k ◀

6-800k

800k-1M

1-1.5M

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: R2,090,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022): +5.1% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile: 58th percentile
Dominant value band: 4-600k
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 West Riding?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data

Water

R991 / month

51% above city median

Electricity

This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.

Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 194Jan 2026: R991Feb 2026: R971

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in West Riding

↓ Decreasing

West Riding had 8 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: 8
Annual average: 3/yr
Avg project value: R535K

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 West Riding?

1 school nearby

West Riding has 1 school within reach. Schools include West Riding Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.West Riding will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›

Q4
West Riding Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,042 learners · 26.7:1 learner-educator ratio
Favourable class size

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 West Riding?

Limited connectivity

West Riding has 8 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

Taxi connectivity

Limited connectivity

8 routes

39th percentile · 11 destinations · CBD-connected

Atlantis(wesfleur), Cape town (station deck), Century city, Century city(ratanga), Du noon, Koeberg station +5 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 West Riding?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in West Riding in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 683 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

46th

Percentile
across Cape Town

23%

Resolved
same day

Single street light out (11%)Sewerage overflow (7%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)Customer reconnection request (4%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)

Service requests logged: 683
Requests resolved: 71% (487 of 683)
75% resolved within: 9 days
90% resolved within: 19 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered

Christian

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 2320.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 682
Unresolved: 29.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (74), Sewerage overflow (46), Damaged Bin - 240L (35)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in West Riding

32% above city median

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in West Riding averages R11 643 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R11 643

per account

32% above city median

Trend:Mar 2026: R11 643Apr 2026: R10 973May 2026: R12 391

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R1 256 881
Electricity: R0
Water: R978 172
Refuse: R435 232
Sewerage: R366 419
City-wide cleaning: R36 165
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 West Riding?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km

Nearest public: Table View Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
Nearest private: Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.6 km
Public facilities: 3
Private facilities: 2

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to West Riding is Milnerton, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Goodwood Swimming Pool, 9.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Table View Clinic, 1.2 km away.

Nearest clinic: Table View Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest library: Table View · 2.6 km
Nearest park / open space: Circle Road 1 Pos · 0.03 km

Fire station

3.3

km to nearest
fire station

Milnerton

divisional hq

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

9.6

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Goodwood 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

Sunridge560m · R2.1M

44→

Killarney Gardens1.8km

→

Table View1.8km · R2.3M

28→

Flamingo Vlei1.9km · R3M

40→

Parklands2.0km · R2M

27→

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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District B Sunridge Table View

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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West Riding

What's it like to live here?

How is the area changing?

What should buyers know?

Is West Riding safe?

What do properties cost in West Riding?

What do utilities cost in West Riding?

Development activity in West Riding

How are schools in West Riding?

How connected is West Riding?

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 ›

How responsive are municipal services in West Riding?

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Municipal debt in West Riding

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