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Deaconville

Safety 88/100 Safer than 92% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 4-600k Top 83% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 1 facilities within 5 km Council Below avg complaints 1d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

#16 Affordable & Safe

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Deaconville is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. 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 Deaconville, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Deaconville is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has a healthcare facility within reach.

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 Deaconville 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

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

17th percentile

The median property value in Deaconville is R590K. Property values have grown by 3.8% per year since 2018.

A 3.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Deaconville 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 R590,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.8% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 17th percentile
Dominant value band 4-600k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Deaconville?

1 school nearby

Deaconville has 1 school within reach. Schools include Oklahomastraat Primêre Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Deaconville will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q5
Oklahomastraat Primêre Skool
Public · Grades R–7 · 979 learners · 28.8:1 learner-educator ratio
Quintile 5School fees applyFavourable 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 Deaconville?

Connected

Deaconville has 23 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 ›

Connected
23 routes
65th percentile · 21 destinations
Routes pass through Deaconville but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Blackheath, Eerste river, Eerste rivier stasie, Firgrove, Firgrove (via r102), Khayelitsha +15 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 Deaconville?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Deaconville in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 765 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
21st
Percentile
across Cape Town
32%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (22%)Customer reconnection request (8%)Indigent Application (7%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (6%)Customer : Reconnection Request (6%)
Service requests logged 765
Requests resolved 82% (629 of 765)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 14 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 763
Unresolved 18.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (170), MTR: Customer Reconnection Request (64), Indigent Application (56)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Deaconville?

Well served

Healthcare access

1 within 5km
Nearest public Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 0.3 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 8.8 km
Public facilities 1
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Deaconville is Macassar, 0.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 8.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 0.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Macassar Clinic · 0.3 km
Nearest library Macassar · 0.4 km
Nearest park / open space Macassar Square Park · 0.2 km

Fire station

0.3
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

8.5
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

1 adjacent

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

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Deaconville · -34.0605°S, 18.7666°E

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