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Glenhaven

Safety 28/100 Safer than 23% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1-1.5M Top 56% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 12 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Near avg complaints 2d median resolution

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Glenhaven 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 Bellville South SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Glenhaven, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Glenhaven is served by schools within reach. 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 Glenhaven safe?

Higher reported crime

66th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
4 012 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 1.6% vs Q3 2024
Rate and volume tell different stories.

The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (4 012) is below the city median.

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? 28 / 100
Contact crime rate 236,208 per 100k residents
Station population 19 898
Harm rate (per resident) 9/100
Harm volume (absolute) 90/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Precinct population note: This suburb shares Bellville South police precinct with Vogelvlei, which accounts for 88% of the precinct's residential population. The safety index is based on the whole precinct, where Vogelvlei accounts for most of the population. This may not fully reflect conditions in Glenhaven specifically.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville South precinct, which covers Glenhaven 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 Glenhaven?

44th percentile

The median property value in Glenhaven is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 5.7% per year since 2018.

A 5.7% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Glenhaven 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 R1,600,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.7% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 44th percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Glenhaven?

1 school nearby

Glenhaven has 1 school within reach. Schools include Athlone Skool Vir Blindes.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Glenhaven will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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Athlone Skool Vir Blindes
Public · Special needs · 280 learners · 7.6:1 learner-educator ratio
Specialist provision

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 Glenhaven?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Glenhaven in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,893 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
26th
Percentile
across Cape Town
29%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (11%)Power outage (8%)Single street light out (7%)Damaged Bin - 240L (6%)Suspect Tampering (6%)
Service requests logged 1 893
Requests resolved 80% (1 514 of 1 893)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 17 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

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 2804.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 888
Unresolved 20.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (208), No Power (144), Street Lights - Single Light Out (123)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Glenhaven?

Well served

Healthcare access

12 within 5km
Nearest public Kasselsvlei Clinic/CDC · Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.7 km
Public facilities 8
Private facilities 4

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Glenhaven is Bellville, 2.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 1.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Kasselsvlei Clinic/Cdc, 1.2 km away.

Nearest clinic Kasselsvlei Clinic/Cdc · 1.2 km
Nearest library Bellville South · 1.3 km
Nearest park / open space Beroma Crescent Park · 0.29 km

Fire station

2.2
km to nearest
fire station
Bellville
district hq - north
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.6
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
12
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Bellville South 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

2 adjacent

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

Bellville South Vogelvlei
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Glenhaven · -33.9176°S, 18.6569°E

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