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Loucharmante

Safety 29/100 Safer than 28% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1-1.5M Top 54% Healthcare 4 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution

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The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Loucharmante is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. 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 Loucharmante, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Loucharmante. 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 Loucharmante 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 Loucharmante 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 Loucharmante?

46th percentile

The median property value in Loucharmante is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 5.4% per year since 2018.

A 5.4% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Loucharmante 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 R1,650,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.4% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 46th percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Loucharmante?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Loucharmante in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 282 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
32nd
Percentile
across Cape Town
28%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (15%)Sewerage overflow (12%)Power outage (9%)Single street light out (4%)Non-Collection of 240L Bin (3%)
Service requests logged 282
Requests resolved 79% (222 of 282)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 20 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 553.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 281
Unresolved 21.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (41), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (35), No Power (25)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Loucharmante?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.7 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.6 km
Public facilities 3
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Loucharmante is Kuilsriver, 1.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 5.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 1.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Kuilsriver Clinic · 1.7 km
Nearest library Kuilsriver · 1.9 km
Nearest park / open space Lebensraum Street Pos · 0.39 km

Fire station

1.4
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

5.7
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
6
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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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

Amandelsig Eensgevonden Jacarandas Mikro Park St Dumas
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Loucharmante · -33.9332°S, 18.6970°E

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