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Beacon Hill

Safety 63/100 Safer than 65% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2-400k Top 79% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 4 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 1d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 4 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. Policing falls under the Atlantis SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Beacon Hill, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Beacon Hill is served by schools within reach. 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 Beacon Hill safe?

Moderate reported crime

78th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
15 720 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 5.8% 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? 63 / 100
Contact crime rate 378,846 per 100k residents
Station population 50 494
Harm rate (per resident) 53/100
Harm volume (absolute) 74/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Atlantis precinct, which covers Beacon Hill 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 Beacon Hill?

21st percentile

Planned development

96 hectares of land in Beacon Hill are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (91ha) and High Density Residential (6ha).

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

The median property value in Beacon Hill is R680K. Property values have grown by 7.5% per year since 2018.

A 7.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Beacon Hill 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 R680,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +7.5% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 21st percentile
Dominant value band 2-400k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Beacon Hill?

1 school nearby

Beacon Hill has 1 school within reach. Schools include Robinhill Special School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Beacon Hill will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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Robinhill Special School
Public · Special needs · 251 learners · 11.4:1 learner-educator ratio
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 Beacon Hill?

Limited connectivity

Beacon Hill has 4 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 ›

Limited connectivity
4 routes
25th percentile · 8 destinations · CBD-connected
Atlantis (via table view), Atlantis(wesfleur), Cape town, Cape town (via killarney), Farms(atlantis), Koeberg +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 Beacon Hill?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Beacon Hill in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,544 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 Beacon Hill residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
50th
Percentile
across Cape Town
35%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)Customer : Reconnection Request (10%)Power outage (7%)Illegal dumping (5%)Stolen Bins - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged 1 544
Requests resolved 83% (1 281 of 1 544)
75% resolved within 4 days
90% resolved within 11 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

2 registered
Christian
2

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 1 535
Unresolved 17.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (257), Customer : Reconnection Request (151), No Power (100)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Beacon Hill?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Wesfleur Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.3 km
Nearest private Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 27.4 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 Beacon Hill is Atlantis, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool, 1.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Wesfleur Hospital, 1.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Wesfleur Hospital · 1.3 km
Nearest library Wesfleur · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space Klipheuwel Pos · 0.03 km

Fire station

3.5
km to nearest
fire station
Atlantis
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.7
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Atlantis or Wesfleur 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

5 adjacent

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

Avondale Wesfleur Robinvale Saxonsea Sherwood Wesfleur
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Beacon Hill · -33.5589°S, 18.5071°E

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