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Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings

Safety 19/100 Safer than 14% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2.5-3M Top 26% Healthcare 6 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 4.5d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 2 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Kraaifontein SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings, crime is declining 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 Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings safe?

Higher reported crime

64th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
27 512 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 4.9% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town but has been decreasing over the past year. 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? 19 / 100
Contact crime rate 2,125,348 per 100k residents
Station population 258 291
Harm rate (per resident) 47/100
Harm volume (absolute) 8/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kraaifontein precinct, which covers Joostenbergvlakte 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 Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings?

74th percentile

The median property value in Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 3.8% per year since 2018.

A 3.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings 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 R2,900,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.8% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 74th percentile
Dominant value band 2.5-3M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings?

Low connectivity

Joostenbergvlakte 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
Bloekombos, Durbanville, Joostenberg vlakte, Kraaifontein
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 Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings in a median of 4.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 663 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4.5-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
4.5
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
3rd
Percentile
across Cape Town
13%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (59%)No water 20mm and below (2%)Internal mtr related queries (2%)Sewerage overflow (2%)Customer reconnection request (2%)
Service requests logged 663
Requests resolved 79% (522 of 663)
75% resolved within 9 days
90% resolved within 19 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 663
Unresolved 21.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (389), WMM: No Water 20mm and below (16), MTR: Internal MTR Related Queries (16)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public Bloekombos Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.7 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 3.9 km
Public facilities 5
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings is Kraaifontein, 2.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 7.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Bloekombos Clinic, 2.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Bloekombos Clinic · 2.7 km
Nearest library Eikendal · 2.8 km
Nearest park / open space Olympus Park · 1.13 km

Fire station

2.9
km to nearest
fire station
Kraaifontein
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

7
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Morning Star 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

3 adjacent

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

Kraaifontein Paarl Farms Peerless Park North
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Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings · -33.8291°S, 18.7320°E

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