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Firlands

Safety 98/100 Safer than 97% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2.5-3M Top 12% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 4 facilities moderate access Council Above avg complaints 4d median resolution

Data current as of

#10 Safest Suburbs #7 Fastest Growing

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Firlands is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. Policing falls under the Gordons Bay SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Firlands, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Firlands is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Firlands safe?

Lower reported crime

97th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
2 280 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 1.9% 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? 98 / 100
Contact crime rate 59,528 per 100k residents
Station population 19 851
Harm rate (per resident) 98/100
Harm volume (absolute) 98/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Firlands 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 Firlands?

88th percentile

Planned development

369 hectares of land in Firlands are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (369ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Firlands is R4M. Property values have grown by 16.1% per year since 2018.

A 16.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Firlands 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 R4,000,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +16.1% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 88th percentile
Dominant value band 2.5-3M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Firlands?

1 school nearby

Firlands has 1 school within reach. Schools include Daniel Academy.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Firlands will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
IND
Daniel Academy
Independent · Grades R–12 · 25 learners
PrivateNo-fee school

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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Firlands?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Firlands in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,115 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
4
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
4th
Percentile
across Cape Town
13%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (62%)No supply (4%)E - Billing Invoices (3%)Sewerage overflow (2%)Stolen Bins - 240L (2%)
Service requests logged 1 115
Requests resolved 83% (930 of 1 115)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 28 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 3868.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 110
Unresolved 16.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (688), WAT: No Supply (45), E - Billing Invoices (36)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Firlands?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 2.5 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 6.8 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 Firlands is Sir Lowrys Pass, 4.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 2.5 km away.

Nearest clinic Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 2.5 km
Nearest library Sir Lowry'S Pass · 2.6 km
Nearest park / open space Baywatch · 1.78 km

Fire station

4.6
km to nearest
fire station
Sir Lowrys Pass
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

7.4
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Strand 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

8 adjacent

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

Admirals Park Anchorage Park Broadlands Fairview Golf Estate Gordons Bay Helderberg Rural Mountainside Estate Stellenbosch Farms
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Firlands · -34.1426°S, 18.9035°E

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