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Faure

Safety 88/100 Safer than 92% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 7-8M Top 69% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 13 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 4.5d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 5 routes serving the area

Data current as of

#17 Affordable & Safe

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Faure is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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 Faure, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Faure 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 Faure 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 Faure 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 Faure?

31st percentile

The median property value in Faure is R1M. Property values have grown by 6.8% per year since 2018.

A 6.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Faure 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) +6.8% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 31st percentile
Dominant value band 7-8M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Faure?

1 school nearby

Faure has 1 school within reach. Schools include St. Paul'S Primêre Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Faure will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q3
St. Paul'S Primêre Skool
Public · Grades R–7 · 103 learners · 12.9:1 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 Faure?

Limited connectivity

Faure has 5 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
5 routes
25th percentile · 7 destinations
Blue downs, Eerste river, Malibu village, Mfuleni, Mitchells plain, Somerset west +1 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 Faure?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Faure in a median of 5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 187 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
15%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (15%)Broken leading (6%)Water leak (5%)Residential Bin Application - 240L (5%)Street lights out (5%)
Service requests logged 187
Requests resolved 72% (135 of 187)
75% resolved within 15 days
90% resolved within 30 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? 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 182
Unresolved 29.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (28), WAT: Broken Leading (11), WAT: Leak in Road/Pavement/Undergr (9)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Faure?

Well served

Healthcare access

13 within 5km
Nearest public Eerste River Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.3 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 8.1 km
Public facilities 13
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Faure is Mfuleni, 2.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 3.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Eerste River Clinic, 2.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Eerste River Clinic · 2.3 km
Nearest library Eersteriver · 2.3 km
Nearest park / open space Old Faure Pos · 0.41 km

Fire station

2.6
km to nearest
fire station
Mfuleni
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.9
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
6
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

4 adjacent

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

Croydon Croydon Vineyard Estate Eersterivier South Macassar
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Faure · -34.0215°S, 18.7046°E

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