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What's it like to live here?

King David Country Club 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 Bishop Lavis SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In King David Country Club, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for King David Country Club. 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 King David Country Club safe?

Higher reported crime

58th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
18 180 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 19.1% 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? 31 / 100
Contact crime rate 957,581 per 100k residents
Station population 118 121
Harm rate (per resident) 49/100
Harm volume (absolute) 19/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bishop Lavis precinct, which covers King David Country Club 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 King David Country Club?

City of Cape Town Development Focus Area

King David Country Club is within the Airport development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in King David Country Club?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in King David Country Club in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 44 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
31st
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (18%)Street lights out (9%)Other (Enter detailed Fault description) (7%)Water leak (5%)Missing manhole cover (5%)
Service requests logged 44
Requests resolved 84% (37 of 44)
75% resolved within 9 days
90% resolved within 28 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 10915.4 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 43
Unresolved 16.0%

Top issues: No Power (8), Other (Enter detailed Fault description) (3), Street Lights - All Lights Out (3)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near King David Country Club?

Well served

Healthcare access

22 within 5km
Nearest public Valhalla Park Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.5 km
Nearest private Melomed Gatesville · Private Hospital · 4.6 km
Public facilities 21
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to King David Country Club is Guguletu, 4.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Vulindlela Swimming Pool, 2.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Valhalla Park Clinic, 1.5 km away.

Nearest clinic Valhalla Park Clinic · 1.5 km
Nearest library Bishop Lavis · 1.6 km
Nearest park / open space Palotti Road Pos · 0.53 km

Fire station

4.5
km to nearest
fire station
Guguletu
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.1
km to nearest
public pool
7
pools
within 5 km
21
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Vulindlela 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 King David Country Club. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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King David Country Club · -33.9633°S, 18.5820°E

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