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What's it like to live here?

Misty Cliffs is a neighbourhood in Cape Town, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Simon's Town SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Misty Cliffs, 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 Misty Cliffs. 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 Misty Cliffs safe?

Lower reported crime

44th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
948 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 5.2% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low and falling. This is one of the safer parts of Cape Town, with violent crime well below the city average and a positive year-on-year trend. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 99 / 100
Contact crime rate 18,629 per 100k residents
Station population 10 913
Harm rate (per resident) 99/100
Harm volume (absolute) 100/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Precinct population note: This suburb shares Simon's Town police precinct with Simon's Town, which accounts for 76% of the precinct's residential population. The safety index is based on the whole precinct, where Simon's Town accounts for most of the population. This may not fully reflect conditions in Misty Cliffs specifically.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Simon's Town precinct, which covers Misty Cliffs 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 Misty Cliffs?

97th percentile

The median property value in Misty Cliffs is R7.2M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Misty Cliffs 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 R7,170,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 97th percentile
Dominant value band 5-6M
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 Misty Cliffs?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Misty Cliffs in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 165 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
34th
Percentile
across Cape Town
37%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (17%)Empty conservancy tank (13%)Water leak (10%)Broken leading (7%)Re-instatement (6%)
Service requests logged 165
Requests resolved 79% (130 of 165)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 18 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 3842.1 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 163
Unresolved 21.0%

Top issues: No Power (27), SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (21), WAT: Leak in Road/Pavement/Undergr (16)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Misty Cliffs?

Well served

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public Red Hill Satellite · Community Day Centre · 4 km
Nearest private Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 15.7 km
Public facilities 2
Private facilities 0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Misty Cliffs is Simonstown, 5.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 13.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Red Hill Satellite, 4.0 km away.

Nearest clinic Red Hill Satellite · 4 km
Nearest library Ocean View · 4.1 km
Nearest park / open space Aries Greenbelt · 3.11 km

Fire station

5.6
km to nearest
fire station
Simonstown
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

13.3
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Muizenberg 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

1 adjacent

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

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Misty Cliffs · -34.1845°S, 18.3639°E

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