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Croydon

Safety 88/100 Safer than 92% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 4-600k Top 69% Healthcare 4 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 4 routes serving the area

Data current as of

#15 Affordable & Safe

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Croydon is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. Policing falls under the Macassar SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Croydon. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Croydon safe?

Lower reported crime

68th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
6 628 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 8.9% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low and falling. This is one of the safer parts of Cape Town, with violent crime well below the city average and a positive year-on-year trend. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 88 / 100
Contact crime rate 291,081 per 100k residents
Station population 63 388
Harm rate (per resident) 93/100
Harm volume (absolute) 83/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Precinct population note: This suburb shares Macassar police precinct with Macassar, which accounts for 84% of the precinct's residential population. The safety index is based on the whole precinct, where Macassar accounts for most of the population. This may not fully reflect conditions in Croydon specifically.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Macassar precinct, which covers Croydon 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 Croydon?

31st percentile

The median property value in Croydon is R1M. Property values have grown by 6.6% per year since 2018.

A 6.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Croydon 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 R1,000,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +6.6% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 31st percentile
Dominant value band 4-600k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Croydon?

Limited connectivity

Croydon 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 · 5 destinations
Blackheath, Eerste river, Eerste rivier stasie, Firgrove, Macassar
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 Croydon?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Croydon in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 569 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
20th
Percentile
across Cape Town
31%
Resolved
same day
Street lights out (11%)Water leak (10%)Single street light out (7%)Broken leading (6%)Customer reconnection request (4%)
Service requests logged 569
Requests resolved 73% (417 of 569)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 15 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

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? 457.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 551
Unresolved 28.0%

Top issues: WAT: Leak in Road/Pavement/Undergr (57), Street Lights - All Lights Out (52), Street Lights - Single Light Out (34)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Croydon?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 3 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 11.3 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 Croydon is Macassar, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 7.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 3.0 km away.

Nearest clinic Macassar Clinic · 3 km
Nearest library Macassar · 3.1 km
Nearest park / open space Alexandra Road · 0.22 km

Fire station

3.1
km to nearest
fire station
Macassar
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
2
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 Croydon. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Croydon Vineyard Estate Faure Kelderhof
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Croydon · -34.0356°S, 18.7542°E

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