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Barnet Molokwana Corner

Safety 29/100 Safer than 28% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 16 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 5d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 6 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Barnet Molokwana Corner is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Khayelitsha SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Barnet Molokwana Corner, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Barnet Molokwana Corner is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities. Like many areas shaped by apartheid-era spatial planning, infrastructure and service indicators in Barnet Molokwana Corner reflect decades of structural under-investment rather than current community capacity. Reported crime statistics should be read alongside policing density, reporting rates, and the legacy of the Group Areas Act.

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 Barnet Molokwana Corner safe?

Higher reported crime

75th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
22 340 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 14.6% vs Q3 2024
Crime statistics here reflect decades of underinvestment in infrastructure and services, not the character of the community. Crime has decreased over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 29 / 100
Contact crime rate 1,900,811 per 100k residents
Station population 518 910
Harm rate (per resident) 95/100
Harm volume (absolute) 9/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Methodology note: The safety index combines harm-per-resident and absolute harm volume using a composite formula. In high-density precincts, population size dilutes the per-capita rate while absolute harm remains high. Both dimensions are reflected in the composite score.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Khayelitsha precinct, which covers Barnet Molokwana Corner 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 Barnet Molokwana Corner?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Barnet Molokwana Corner?

1 school nearby

Barnet Molokwana Corner has 1 school within reach. Schools include Noluthando School For the Deaf.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Barnet Molokwana Corner will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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Noluthando School For the Deaf
Public · Special needs · 315 learners
Specialist provision

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 Barnet Molokwana Corner?

Limited connectivity

Barnet Molokwana Corner has 6 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Limited connectivity
6 routes
28th percentile · 8 destinations
Bellville, Guguletu, Khayelitsha, Kuwait, Makhaza, Makhaza khayelitsha +2 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 Barnet Molokwana Corner?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Barnet Molokwana Corner in a median of 5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 104 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 5-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
5
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
1st
Percentile
across Cape Town
3%
Resolved
same day
Leak at standpipe (25%)Faulty tap (16%)Blocked Toilet - Full Flush Tlt (14%)Sewerage overflow (10%)Damaged Toilet - Full Flush Toilet (6%)
Service requests logged 104
Requests resolved 85% (88 of 104)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 19 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 104
Unresolved 15.0%

Top issues: WINF: Leak at Standpipe (26), WINF: Faulty Tap (17), Blocked Toilet - Full Flush Tlt (14)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Barnet Molokwana Corner?

Well served

Healthcare access

16 within 5km
Nearest public Site B Male Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.9 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 5.5 km
Public facilities 16
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Barnet Molokwana Corner is Lansdowne Road, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 2.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Site B Male Clinic, 0.9 km away.

Nearest clinic Site B Male Clinic · 0.9 km
Nearest library Khayelitsha · 0.8 km
Nearest park / open space Sizani Road Greenbelt · 1.1 km

Fire station

1.8
km to nearest
fire station
Lansdowne Road
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.9
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
8
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Khayelitsha 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

3 adjacent

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

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Barnet Molokwana Corner · -34.0210°S, 18.6720°E

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