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Greenville Garden City

Safety 19/100 Safer than 14% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2-400k Top 95% Schools 2 nearby Healthcare 1 facilities within 5 km Council Below avg complaints 3d median resolution

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Greenville Garden City is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Kraaifontein SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Greenville Garden City, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Greenville Garden City is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Greenville Garden City safe?

Higher reported crime

64th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
27 512 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 4.9% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town but has been decreasing 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? 19 / 100
Contact crime rate 2,125,348 per 100k residents
Station population 258 291
Harm rate (per resident) 47/100
Harm volume (absolute) 8/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kraaifontein precinct, which covers Greenville Garden City 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 Greenville Garden City?

5th percentile

Planned development

698 hectares of land in Greenville Garden City are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (698ha).

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

The median property value in Greenville Garden City is R250K. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Greenville Garden City 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 R250,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 5th percentile
Dominant value band 2-400k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Greenville Garden City?

2 schools nearby

Greenville Garden City has 2 schools within reach. Schools include Fisantekraal Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Greenville Garden City will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q1
Fisantekraal Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,215 learners · 39.2:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q1
Aquila High School
Public · Grades 8–12 · 625 learners · 27.2:1 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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Greenville Garden City?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Greenville Garden City in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,573 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
24%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (13%)Stolen Bins - 240L (10%)Street lights out (10%)Debtors Account Correspondence (9%)Sewerage overflow (7%)
Service requests logged 2 573
Requests resolved 82% (2 102 of 2 573)
75% resolved within 7 days
90% resolved within 13 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 2 563
Unresolved 18.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - Single Light Out (344), Stolen Bins - 240L (264), Street Lights - All Lights Out (249)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Greenville Garden City?

Well served

Healthcare access

1 within 5km
Nearest public Fisantekraal Clinic · Clinic · 1.5 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 7.4 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 Greenville Garden City is Kraaifontein, 6.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 8.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Fisantekraal Clinic, 1.5 km away.

Nearest clinic Fisantekraal Clinic · 1.5 km
Nearest library Fisantekraal · 1.5 km
Nearest park / open space Naartjie Street Park · 0.89 km

Fire station

6.4
km to nearest
fire station
Kraaifontein
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

8.3
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Morning Star 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 Greenville Garden City. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Cape Farms District C Fisantekraal Kraaifontein Paarl Farms
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