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Hillcrest Heights

Safety 14/100 Safer than 11% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 4-600k Top 77% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 13 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Near avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Hillcrest Heights is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. 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 Kleinvlei SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

Hillcrest Heights 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 Hillcrest Heights safe?

Higher reported crime

81st percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
20 864 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 10.6% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town. 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? 14 / 100
Contact crime rate 1,257,728 per 100k residents
Station population 107 810
Harm rate (per resident) 13/100
Harm volume (absolute) 15/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kleinvlei precinct, which covers Hillcrest Heights 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 Hillcrest Heights?

23rd percentile

Planned development

74 hectares of land in Hillcrest Heights are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (71ha) and Commercial (3ha).

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

The median property value in Hillcrest Heights is R740K. Property values have grown by 5.5% per year since 2018.

A 5.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Hillcrest Heights 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 R740,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.5% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 23rd percentile
Dominant value band 4-600k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Hillcrest Heights?

1 school nearby

Hillcrest Heights has 1 school within reach. Schools include Blueberry Hill High School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Hillcrest Heights will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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Blueberry Hill High School
Public · Grades 8–12 · 13 learners

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 Hillcrest Heights?

Moderate connectivity

Hillcrest Heights has 12 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 ›

Moderate connectivity
12 routes
44th percentile · 10 destinations
Blackheath, Blue downs, Eerste river, Eersterivier, Forest heights, Khayelitsha +4 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 Hillcrest Heights?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Hillcrest Heights in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,432 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
28th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)Customer : Reconnection Request (8%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (6%)Street lights out (5%)Broken leading (5%)
Service requests logged 1 432
Requests resolved 80% (1 150 of 1 432)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 15 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? 1220.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 427
Unresolved 20.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (238), Customer : Reconnection Request (118), WMM: Leak at Meter/Stopcock 20mm below (83)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Hillcrest Heights?

Well served

Healthcare access

13 within 5km
Nearest public Eerste River Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 8.5 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 Hillcrest Heights is Mfuleni, 1.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 2.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Eerste River Hospital, 2.1 km away.

Nearest clinic Eerste River Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest library Mfuleni · 1.7 km
Nearest park / open space Lima Park Pos · 0.65 km

Fire station

1.2
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

2.6
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
5
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Blue Downs 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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Eersterivier R4-600k
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The Conifers R4-600k
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Driftsands Forest Heights Forest Village Malibu Village Mfuleni Tuscany Glen
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