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Anchorage Park

Safety 98/100 Safer than 97% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1-1.5M Top 56% Healthcare 4 facilities moderate access Council Near avg complaints 1d median resolution

Data current as of

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The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Anchorage Park is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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. Policing falls under the Gordons Bay SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Anchorage Park, 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 Anchorage Park. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Anchorage Park safe?

Lower reported crime

97th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
2 280 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 1.9% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low by Cape Town standards. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 98 / 100
Contact crime rate 59,528 per 100k residents
Station population 19 851
Harm rate (per resident) 98/100
Harm volume (absolute) 98/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Anchorage 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 Anchorage Park?

44th percentile

The median property value in Anchorage Park is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 5.5% per year since 2018.

A 5.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Anchorage Park properties (GV2022)

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 R1,550,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.5% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 44th percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Anchorage Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Anchorage Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,060 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 Anchorage Park residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
49th
Percentile
across Cape Town
34%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)Single street light out (8%)Power outage (8%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)E - Billing Invoices (4%)
Service requests logged 1 060
Requests resolved 80% (846 of 1 060)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 15 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 2764.4 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 058
Unresolved 20.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (184), Street Lights - Single Light Out (81), No Power (79)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Anchorage Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Anchorage Park is Strand, 4.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 5.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 0.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 0.6 km
Nearest library Gordon'S Bay · 1 km
Nearest park / open space Ananchorage Park Greenbelt · 0.01 km

Fire station

4.5
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

5.4
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Strand 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

7 adjacent

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

Admirals Park Dobson Firlands Gordons Bay Protea Park Gordons Bay Sea Breeze Park Winslow
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Anchorage Park · -34.1489°S, 18.8745°E

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