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Jonkers Hoogte

Safety 75/100 Safer than 73% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 3-3.5M Top 17% Healthcare 2 facilities within 5 km Council Below avg complaints 3d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Jonkers Hoogte 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 Jonkers Hoogte, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Jonkers Hoogte. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Jonkers Hoogte 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 Jonkers Hoogte 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 Jonkers Hoogte?

83rd percentile

The median property value in Jonkers Hoogte is R3.5M. Property values have grown by 3.9% per year since 2018.

A 3.9% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Jonkers Hoogte 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 R3,500,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.9% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 83rd 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 COMMUTERS

How connected is Jonkers Hoogte?

Limited connectivity

Jonkers Hoogte has 9 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 ›

Limited connectivity
9 routes
35th percentile · 13 destinations
Firgrove, Firgrove (r102), Helderberg (via heldervue), Heldervue (somerset wes), Heldervue (somerset west), Lourensford,somerset west +7 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 Jonkers Hoogte?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Jonkers Hoogte in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 102 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
24%
Resolved
same day
Water leak (12%)Burst pipe (8%)Power outage (8%)Fallen Tree (7%)No water 20mm and below (6%)
Service requests logged 102
Requests resolved 69% (70 of 102)
75% resolved within 9 days
90% resolved within 33 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 101
Unresolved 32.0%

Top issues: WAT: Leak in Road/Pavement/Undergr (12), WAT: Burst Pipe (8), No Power (8)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Jonkers Hoogte?

Well served

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 4 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
Public facilities 2
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Jonkers Hoogte is Somerset West, 4.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 4.0 km away.

Nearest clinic Helderberg Hospital · 4 km
Nearest library Somerset West · 4.2 km
Nearest park / open space Berghoewe Park · 0.13 km

Fire station

4.2
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

7.6
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

5 adjacent

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

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Jonkers Hoogte · -34.0510°S, 18.8266°E

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