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What's it like to live here?

False Bay Coastal Park is a neighbourhood in Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. Policing falls under the Grassy Park SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In False Bay Coastal Park, 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 False Bay Coastal Park. 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 False Bay Coastal Park safe?

Higher reported crime

31st percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
15 936 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 4.0% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Check the breakdown below for specifics.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 33 / 100
Contact crime rate 843,667 per 100k residents
Station population 108 019
Harm rate (per resident) 52/100
Harm volume (absolute) 21/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Grassy Park precinct, which covers False Bay Coastal Park 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 False Bay Coastal Park?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is False Bay Coastal Park?

Low connectivity

False Bay Coastal Park 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
False bay, Grassy park
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 False Bay Coastal Park?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in False Bay Coastal Park in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 93 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
3
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
9th
Percentile
across Cape Town
20%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (23%)Suspect Tampering (18%)Sewerage overflow (7%)PPM Display Blank (5%)Foul smell (5%)
Service requests logged 93
Requests resolved 80% (74 of 93)
75% resolved within 7 days
90% resolved within 10 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 93
Unresolved 20.0%

Top issues: No Power (21), Suspect Tampering (17), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (6)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near False Bay Coastal Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Seawinds Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.1 km
Nearest private Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 5.1 km
Public facilities 5
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to False Bay Coastal Park is Lakeside, 5.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Retreat Swimming Pool, 3.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Seawinds Clinic, 2.1 km away.

Nearest clinic Seawinds Clinic · 2.1 km
Nearest library Pelican Park (Satellite) · 2.2 km
Nearest park / open space Mossie Crescent Park · 1.66 km

Fire station

5.2
km to nearest
fire station
Lakeside
divisional hq
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.8
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
7
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Retreat 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

11 adjacent

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

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False Bay Coastal Park · -34.0775°S, 18.5132°E

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