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What's it like to live here?

Lagoon Beach is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Milnerton SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Lagoon Beach, crime is rising 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 Lagoon Beach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Lagoon Beach safe?

Higher reported crime

42nd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
17 488 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 3.5% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing 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? 7 / 100
Contact crime rate 1,454,671 per 100k residents
Station population 87 344
Harm rate (per resident) 4/100
Harm volume (absolute) 13/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Milnerton precinct, which covers Lagoon Beach 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 Lagoon Beach?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Lagoon Beach?

Private vehicle dominant

Lagoon Beach has 57 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (67%).

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 ›

Well connected
57 routes
92nd percentile · 40 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through Lagoon Beach but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
3rd steen big bay (via paarden eiland), Atlantis, Atlantis (via table view), Blouberg strand, Cape town, Cape town (station deck) +34 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Lagoon Beach – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
67%
Walking
12%
MyCiTi bus
14%
Minibus taxi
5%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode Private vehicle (67%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Lagoon Beach?

Full municipal services

Lagoon Beach has a service delivery index of 98.7 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Milnerton survey group (59 households). direct.

Home fibre internet reaches 90% of households
› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,101) is 2.4× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 90% of households have home internet access.› 10% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.

Access to basic services

99 City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
94.8%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
45.5%
Rented
40.7%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

28 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
10.4%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.9%
Non-violent crime
8.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
30.6%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 71st percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
14.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R958
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Electricity

Electricity
87.1%
of households prioritise
Food
83.3%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
72.0%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
37.3%
of households prioritise
School fees
36.7%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
90.2%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
4.6%
No access
5.2%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.9%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.9%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
1.5%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.2 people
Avg children per household
0.7

Asset ownership

Computer access
72.2%
Fridge ownership
94.8%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
93.6%
Borehole access
15.2%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
25.4%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
3.0%

How Lagoon Beach compares

Food insecurity 95% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 80% below the city average for material hardship
Income 4.0× the city average for median household income
Food spend share 13% below the city average for food expenditure share

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Milnerton. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Lagoon Beach?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Lagoon Beach in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 221 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Lagoon Beach residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
72nd
Percentile
across Cape Town
28%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (15%)Beach Cleaning (6%)Street lights out (5%)E - Billing Invoices (4%)Power outage (3%)
Service requests logged 221
Requests resolved 77% (170 of 221)
75% resolved within 4 days
90% resolved within 14 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 1290.8 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 219
Unresolved 23.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (32), Beach Cleaning (13), Street Lights - All Lights Out (10)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Lagoon Beach?

Well served

Healthcare access

10 within 5km
Nearest public Brooklyn Chest Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.7 km
Nearest private Intercare Day Hospital Century City · Private Hospital · 2.9 km
Public facilities 8
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Lagoon Beach is Brooklyn, 2.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 3.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Brooklyn Chest Hospital, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Brooklyn Chest Hospital · 0.7 km
Nearest library Brooklyn · 1 km
Nearest park / open space Marine Drive Pos · 0.05 km

Fire station

2.5
km to nearest
fire station
Brooklyn
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.9
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
13
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Kensington 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 Lagoon Beach. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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Lagoon Beach · -33.8939°S, 18.4822°E

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