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Jan Kriel

Safety 29/100 Safer than 28% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 7 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 1 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Jan Kriel 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 Jan Kriel, 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?

Jan Kriel 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 Jan Kriel 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 Jan Kriel 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 Jan Kriel?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Jan Kriel?

1 school nearby

Jan Kriel has 1 school within reach. Schools include Jan Kriel-Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Jan Kriel will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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Jan Kriel-Skool
Public · Special needs · 506 learners · 9.4:1 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 COMMUTERS

How connected is Jan Kriel?

Low connectivity

Jan Kriel has 1 minibus taxi route.

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
1 route
0th percentile · 2 destinations
Bottelary rd,kuilsriver, Kuilsriver
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 Jan Kriel?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Jan Kriel in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 23 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
30th
Percentile
across Cape Town
17%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (22%)Escalated Query - Level 1 (13%)Maintenance of Property Technical MD (9%)Mowing - Passage Ways (9%)Street lights out (4%)
Service requests logged 23
Requests resolved 78% (18 of 23)
75% resolved within 9 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 23
Unresolved 22.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (5), Escalated Query - Level 1 (3), Maintenance of Property Technical MD (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Jan Kriel?

Well served

Healthcare access

7 within 5km
Nearest public Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.7 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 0.9 km
Public facilities 6
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Jan Kriel is Kuilsriver, 1.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 4.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Kuilsriver Clinic · 0.7 km
Nearest library Kuilsriver · 1 km
Nearest park / open space Van Wyk Street Greenbelt 2 · 0.18 km

Fire station

1.9
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.2
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
7
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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4 adjacent

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

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Jan Kriel · -33.9196°S, 18.6846°E

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