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High Riding

Safety 75/100 Safer than 73% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 3-3.5M Top 7% Healthcare 3 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 4d median resolution

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

High Riding is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. Policing falls under the Somerset West SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In High Riding, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for High Riding. 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 High Riding safe?

Lower reported crime

83rd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Low Absolute crime volume
8 016 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 2.2% 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? 75 / 100
Contact crime rate 401,600 per 100k residents
Station population 67 476
Harm rate (per resident) 78/100
Harm volume (absolute) 72/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers High Riding 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 High Riding?

93rd percentile

The median property value in High Riding is R5M. Property values have grown by 5.1% per year since 2018.

A 5.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – High Riding 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 R5,000,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.1% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 93rd percentile
Dominant value band 3-3.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in High Riding?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in High Riding in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 325 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
3%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (90%)Sewerage overflow (3%)Customer rebate request (1%)Burst pipe (1%)E - Billing Invoices (1%)
Service requests logged 325
Requests resolved 87% (282 of 325)
75% resolved within 10 days
90% resolved within 30 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 325
Unresolved 13.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (293), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (11), MTR: Customer Rebate Request (4)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near High Riding?

Well served

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public Sir Lowrys Pass CDC · Community Day Centre · 1 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 6.6 km
Public facilities 3
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to High Riding is Sir Lowrys Pass, 4.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 8.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc, 1.0 km away.

Nearest clinic Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc · 1 km
Nearest library Sir Lowry'S Pass · 1 km
Nearest park / open space Sir Lowry's Pass Pos · 0.24 km

Fire station

4.1
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

8
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

2 adjacent

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

Sir Lowrys Pass Stellenbosch Farms
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High Riding · -34.1262°S, 18.9154°E

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