Westgate
A suburb with moderate reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Westgate is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Westgate, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Westgate. 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 Westgate safe?
73rd percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 8 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?
- 56 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 1,212,299 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 226 109
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 47/100
- 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 Mitchells Plain precinct, which covers Westgate 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 Westgate?
The median property value in Westgate is R910K. Property values have grown by 5.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R910,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 29th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Westgate?
Development activity in Westgate
Westgate had 46 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 15 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 46
- Annual average
- 15/yr
- Avg project value
- R315K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Westgate?
Westgate has 11 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 Westgate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Westgate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,372 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 372
- Requests resolved
- 75% (1 033 of 1 372)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1334.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 370
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Customer : Reconnection Request (89), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (89), Power outage (76)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Westgate
Municipal debt in Westgate averages R15 877 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 770 814
- Electricity
- R632 268
- Water
- R4 966 319
- Refuse
- R979 637
- Sewerage
- R1 689 344
- City-wide cleaning
- R30 850
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Westgate?
Healthcare access
13 within 5km- Nearest public
- Westridge Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.4 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 3.2 km
- Public facilities
- 12
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Westgate is Mitchells Plain, 0.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Westridge Swimming Pool, 1.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Westridge Clinic, 1.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Westridge Clinic · 1.4 km
- Nearest library
- Westridge · 1.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Alhambra Greenbelt · 0.01 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Westridge Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Westgate. 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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Westgate, Cape Town