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For home buyers & families

Is Wingfield safe?

Moderate reported crime

98th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 14 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

LowAbsolute crime volume
3 004 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 13.0% 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?
44 / 100
Contact crime rate
324,553 per 100k residents
Station population
39 709
Harm rate (per resident)
29/100
Harm volume (absolute)
68/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Goodwood precinct, which covers Wingfield and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Wingfield?

Planned development

210 hectares of land in Wingfield are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (197ha) and Mixed Use (13ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Wingfield?

Utility billing data is not available for Wingfield. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

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

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Wingfield?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Wingfield in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 125 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.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
47th
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Illegal dumping (13%)Power outage (10%)Vagrants (9%)Sewerage overflow (9%)Street lights out (6%)
Service requests logged
125
Requests resolved
76% (95 of 125)
75% resolved within
10 days
90% resolved within
24 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
412.1 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
122
Unresolved
25.0%

Top issues: Illegal dumping (16), Vagrants (11), Sewerage overflow (11)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Wingfield

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Wingfield is R3.4M as of May 2026.

R3.4M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R2 908 949
Electricity
R372 723
Water
-R57 135 (credit)
Refuse
R15 247
Sewerage
R32 059
City-wide cleaning
R109 893
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 Wingfield?

Well served

Healthcare access

15 within 5km
Nearest public
Factreton Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.8 km
Nearest private
Intercare Day Hospital Century City · Private Hospital · 2.8 km
Public facilities
13
Private facilities
2

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

The nearest fire station to Wingfield is Epping, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 1.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Factreton Clinic, 1.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
Factreton Clinic · 1.8 km
Nearest library
Kensington · 1.7 km
Nearest park / open space
Holland Street Park · 0.76 km

Fire station

2.4
km to nearest
fire station
Epping
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.5
km to nearest
public pool
5
pools
within 5 km
17
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Kensington 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

Windermere1.1km · R600K
29
Townsend Estate1.1km · R1.9M
31
Glenwood1.4km · R1.8M
43
Acacia Park1.6km
41
Goodwood Ext 11.6km · R2.4M
38
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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