Asla Park has a safety index of 9 out of 100 (Higher reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Lwandle precinct recorded approximately 11,900 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is above the city average.

Asla Park

Safety 9/100 Safer than 8% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 7 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 4.5d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of March 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Asla Park is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. Policing falls under the Lwandle SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Asla Park, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Asla Park. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Asla Park safe?

Higher reported crime

Higher crime Moderate Lower crime

86th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume

11 900 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468

↑ 17.9% vs Q3 2024

Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing over the past year. 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? 9 / 100

Contact crime rate 1,103,141 per 100k residents

Station population 79 878

Harm rate (per resident) 5/100

Harm volume (absolute) 17/100

Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Lwandle precinct, which covers Asla 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 Asla Park?

Planned development

5 hectares of land in Asla Park are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Mixed Use (5ha).

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

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Asla Park?

Connected

Asla Park has 28 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Connected

28 routes

70th percentile · 22 destinations

Routes pass through Asla Park but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.

Cassablanca, Firgrove, Gordons bay, Helderberg (via heldervue), Heldervue (somerset wes), Heldervue (somerset west) +16 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 Asla Park?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Asla Park in a median of 4.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 72 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4.5-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

4.5

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

3rd

Percentile
across Cape Town

26%

Resolved
same day

Street lights out (17%)Additional Bin Application - 240L (10%)Power outage (7%)Leak at meter/stopcock 25mm and up (7%)No supply (7%)

Service requests logged 72

Requests resolved 64% (46 of 72)

75% resolved within 10 days

90% resolved within 23 days

Source CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered

Christian

Registered places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data. Coverage: 299 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated? 0.0 per 1,000 households

Total complaints 72

Unresolved 36.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - All Lights Out (12), Additional Bin Application - 240L (7), No Power (5)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Asla Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

7 within 5km

Nearest public Ikwezi CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km

Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 1.6 km

Public facilities 5

Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Asla Park is Strand, 1.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 2.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Ikwezi Cdc, 1.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Ikwezi Cdc · 1.6 km

Nearest library Lwandle · 1.9 km

Nearest park / open space Strand Pos · 0.13 km