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Acacia Park

Safety 24/100 Safer than 18% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 11 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 1d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Acacia Park is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. Policing falls under the Goodwood SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Acacia Park, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Acacia Park is served by schools within reach. 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Acacia Park safe?

Higher reported crime

98th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Low Absolute crime volume
7 924 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 3.8% vs Q3 2024
Rate and volume tell different stories.

The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (7 924) is below the city median.

Crime is higher than most of Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Check the breakdown below for specifics.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 24 / 100
Contact crime rate 461,069 per 100k residents
Station population 39 709
Harm rate (per resident) 11/100
Harm volume (absolute) 52/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

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

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Acacia Park?

Planned development

162 hectares of land in Acacia Park are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (100ha) and Mixed Use (62ha).

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 PARENTS

How are schools in Acacia Park?

1 school nearby

Acacia Park has 1 school within reach. Schools include Akasiapark Laerskool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Acacia Park will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q4
Akasiapark Laerskool
Public · Grades R–7 · 164 learners · 27.3:1 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 Acacia Park?

Well connected

Acacia Park has 41 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

Taxi connectivity Ranks 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 ›

Well connected
41 routes
86th percentile · 40 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through Acacia Park but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Bellville, Bellville (via cape town, n1 & durban rd), Bellville (via cape town, n1, vanguard dr & voortrekker rd), Bellville (via n2, cape town, n1, & durban rd), Bellville (via n2, cape town, n1, vanguard dr & voortrekker rd), Cape town +34 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 Acacia Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Acacia Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 80 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Acacia Park residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
48th
Percentile
across Cape Town
33%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (19%)Street lights out (15%)Empty conservancy tank (11%)Missing cover fire hydrant (5%)Illegal dumping (5%)
Service requests logged 80
Requests resolved 73% (58 of 80)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 16 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 331.7 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 79
Unresolved 27.0%

Top issues: No Power (14), Street Lights - All Lights Out (12), SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (9)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Acacia Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

11 within 5km
Nearest public Factreton Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.8 km
Nearest private Intercare Day Hospital Century City · Private Hospital · 1.3 km
Public facilities 8
Private facilities 3

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

The nearest fire station to Acacia Park is Goodwood, 3.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 2.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Intercare Day Hospital Century City, 1.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Intercare Day Hospital Century City · 1.3 km
Nearest library Kensington · 1.7 km
Nearest park / open space Albacore Park · 0.74 km

Fire station

3.9
km to nearest
fire station
Goodwood
fire service head office
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.1
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
14
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

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Bordering suburbs

9 adjacent

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

Century City Edgemead Glenwood Kensington Montague Summer Greens Windermere Wingfield Ysterplaat
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Acacia Park · -33.8961°S, 18.5214°E

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