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What's it like to live here?

Jacobsdal Smallholdings is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Kuilsrivier SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Jacobsdal Smallholdings, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Jacobsdal Smallholdings. 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 Jacobsdal Smallholdings safe?

Higher reported crime

92nd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
12 316 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 2.2% 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? 29 / 100
Contact crime rate 793,277 per 100k residents
Station population 83 576
Harm rate (per resident) 29/100
Harm volume (absolute) 29/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Jacobsdal Smallholdings 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 Jacobsdal Smallholdings?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Jacobsdal Smallholdings?

Low connectivity

Jacobsdal Smallholdings has 2 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 ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 4 destinations
Bellville, Blackheath, Eerste river, Macassar
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 Jacobsdal Smallholdings?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Jacobsdal Smallholdings in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 14 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
10th
Percentile
across Cape Town
18%
Resolved
same day
Missing manhole cover (14%)Street lights out (14%)Leak at meter/stopcock 25mm and up (14%)Fallen Branch (14%)OSL - Non Revenue Related (7%)
Service requests logged 14
Requests resolved 79% (11 of 14)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 11 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 14
Unresolved 21.0%

Top issues: SEW: Missing Manhole Cover (2), Street Lights - All Lights Out (2), WAT: Leak at Meter/Stopcock 25mm and up (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Jacobsdal Smallholdings?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Kleinvlei Clinic · Clinic · 1.3 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 7.4 km
Public facilities 5
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Jacobsdal Smallholdings is Mfuleni, 4.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 3.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Kleinvlei Clinic, 1.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Kleinvlei Clinic · 1.3 km
Nearest library Melton Rose · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space Albert Philander Pos · 0.71 km

Fire station

4.1
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

3.2
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
4
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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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

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Jacobsdal Smallholdings · -33.9750°S, 18.7171°E

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