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What's it like to live here?

Bottelary Smallholdings 1 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 Brackenfell SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Bottelary Smallholdings 1, 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Bottelary Smallholdings 1?

Limited connectivity

Bottelary Smallholdings 1 has 4 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
4 routes
20th percentile · 8 destinations
Bellville, Bottelary rd,kuilsriver, Brackenfell, Cape gate (via protea heights), Crammix rd,brackenfell, Kuilsriver +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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Bottelary Smallholdings 1 in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 15 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1 residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
56th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Run to waste (13%)Water leak (13%)No water 20mm and below (13%)No supply (13%)Street Sweeping (7%)
Service requests logged 15
Requests resolved 73% (11 of 15)
75% resolved within 13 days
90% resolved within 26 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 15
Unresolved 27.0%

Top issues: WAT: Run to Waste (2), WAT: Leak in Road/Pavement/Undergr (2), WMM: No Water 20mm and below (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Bottelary Smallholdings 1?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Northpine Clinic · Community Day Centre · 3.6 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.2 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Bottelary Smallholdings 1 is Brackenfell, 2.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 7.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Northpine Clinic, 3.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Northpine Clinic · 3.6 km
Nearest library Brackenfell · 3.9 km
Nearest park / open space Hoopenberg Canal Lark · 0.68 km

Fire station

2.9
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

7.3
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Bellville South 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 1. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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Bottelary Smallholdings 1 · -33.9030°S, 18.7163°E

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