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Bizweni

Safety 75/100 Safer than 73% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2-2.5M Top 29% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 6 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 2 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Bizweni is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. Policing falls under the Somerset West SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Bizweni, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Bizweni is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Bizweni safe?

Lower reported crime

83rd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Low Absolute crime volume
8 016 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 2.2% 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? 75 / 100
Contact crime rate 401,600 per 100k residents
Station population 67 476
Harm rate (per resident) 78/100
Harm volume (absolute) 72/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Bizweni 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 Bizweni?

71st percentile

The median property value in Bizweni is R2.7M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Bizweni 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 R2,700,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 71st percentile
Dominant value band 2-2.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Bizweni?

1 school nearby

Bizweni has 1 school within reach. Schools include Bizweni Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Bizweni will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
IND
Bizweni Primary School
Independent · Grades R–7 · 166 learners
PrivateQuintile 5School fees apply

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 Bizweni?

Low connectivity

Bizweni has 2 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 ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 2 destinations
Sir lowrys pass town, Somerset west
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 Bizweni?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Bizweni in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 812 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
17th
Percentile
across Cape Town
33%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (5%)Power outage (5%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)E - Billing Invoices (4%)Reconnect (Non - Payment) (4%)
Service requests logged 812
Requests resolved 76% (615 of 812)
75% resolved within 6 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 808
Unresolved 24.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (42), No Power (38), WMM: Leak at Meter/Stopcock 20mm below (36)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Bizweni?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.4 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 0.5 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Bizweni is Somerset West, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Vergelegen, 0.5 km away.

Nearest clinic Mediclinic Vergelegen · 0.5 km
Nearest library Somerset West · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space Bizweni Park · 0.2 km

Fire station

1.8
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.6
km to nearest
public pool
1
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

4 adjacent

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

Heritage Park Olive Grove Rome Glen Somerset West
Further reading

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