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Botfontein Smallholdings

Safety 87/100 Safer than 88% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 6 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 5d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 1 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Botfontein Smallholdings is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Brackenfell SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

Botfontein Smallholdings 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.

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 Botfontein Smallholdings safe?

Lower reported crime

90th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
5 308 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 1.0% 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? 87 / 100
Contact crime rate 250,434 per 100k residents
Station population 53 147
Harm rate (per resident) 86/100
Harm volume (absolute) 88/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Brackenfell precinct, which covers Botfontein Smallholdings 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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Planned development

565 hectares of land in Botfontein Smallholdings are earmarked for new development across 8 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (318ha) and Industrial (230ha), and 1 other category.

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

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Botfontein Smallholdings?

1 school nearby

Botfontein Smallholdings has 1 school within reach. Schools include Bottelary Primêre Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Botfontein Smallholdings will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q2
Bottelary Primêre Skool
Public · Grades R–7 · 506 learners · 26.6:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee schoolFavourable class size

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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Low connectivity

Botfontein Smallholdings has 1 minibus taxi route.

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
1 route
0th percentile · 2 destinations
Botfontein - botlary farms, Kraaifontein
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 Botfontein Smallholdings?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Botfontein Smallholdings in a median of 5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 172 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
7%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (62%)Single street light out (4%)Inconsiderate negligent reckless driving (4%)Internal mtr related queries (4%)Street lights out (2%)
Service requests logged 172
Requests resolved 81% (139 of 172)
75% resolved within 9 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 172
Unresolved 19.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (107), Street Lights - Single Light Out (7), Inconsiderate negligent reckless driving (6)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Botfontein Smallholdings?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public Scottsdene Clinic · Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
Public facilities 6
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Botfontein Smallholdings is Brackenfell, 2.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 9.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Scottsdene Clinic, 2.2 km away.

Nearest clinic Scottsdene Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest library Scottsdene · 2.1 km
Nearest park / open space Monterey Road Pos1 · 1.17 km

Fire station

2.7
km to nearest
fire station
Brackenfell
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

9.5
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
2
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Morning Star 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

6 adjacent

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

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