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Mall Triangle

Safety 75/100 Safer than 73% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Schools 2 91% matric pass rate Healthcare 6 facilities more access than most suburbs 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?

Mall Triangle is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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 Mall Triangle, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Mall Triangle is served by schools within reach, and matric results are broadly in line with the city average. 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 Mall Triangle 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 Mall Triangle 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 Mall Triangle?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Mall Triangle?

2 schools nearby

Mall Triangle has 2 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 90.6%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Danie Ackermann Primary School.

Adjusted pass rate
90.6%
City median: 90.0%
Schools contributing
1
168 candidates
Median quintile
Q5
Q4-Q5
Q5
Danie Ackermann Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,330 learners · 40.3:1 learner-educator ratio
Quintile 5School fees applyStrained capacity
Q5
Gordon Sekondêr
Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,360 learners · 31.6:1 learner-educator ratio
Quintile 5School fees apply

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Mall Triangle?

Connected

Mall Triangle has 28 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 ›

Connected
28 routes
70th percentile · 24 destinations
Routes pass through Mall Triangle but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Ae & ci strand, Firgrove, Gordons bay, Helderberg (via heldervue), Khayelitsha, Kramat +18 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 Mall Triangle?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Mall Triangle in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 424 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
11th
Percentile
across Cape Town
19%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (18%)No supply (12%)Single street light out (5%)Power outage (5%)Water leak (4%)
Service requests logged 424
Requests resolved 71% (301 of 424)
75% resolved within 21 days
90% resolved within 40 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 424
Unresolved 29.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (76), WAT: No Supply (52), Street Lights - Single Light Out (20)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Mall Triangle?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 2.1 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 3.1 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Mall Triangle is Somerset West, 1.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 3.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Somerset West Cdc, 2.1 km away.

Nearest clinic Somerset West Cdc · 2.1 km
Nearest library Somerset West · 2.2 km
Nearest park / open space Lourens River Pos · 0.46 km

Fire station

1.7
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

3.8
km to nearest
public pool
1
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

8 adjacent

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

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Mall Triangle · -34.0848°S, 18.8249°E

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