Ocean View has a safety index of 57 out of 100 (Moderate reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Ocean View precinct recorded approximately 3,452 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is below the city average.

Is Ocean View affordable?

Ocean View is among the more affordable suburbs in Cape Town. With a median property value of R590K, it falls in the 17th percentile, below most of the city. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

Ocean View

Safety 57/100 Safer than 56% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 4-600k Top 83% Schools 5 75% matric pass rate Healthcare 2 facilities within 5 km Council Near avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 7 routes serving the area

Data current as of March 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Ocean View is a neighbourhood in Cape Town, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi. Policing falls under the Ocean View SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Ocean View, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Ocean View is well-served by schools, and matric results sit below the city average. 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 Ocean View safe?

Moderate reported crime

Higher crime Moderate Lower crime

14th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume

3 452 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468

↓ 16.6% vs Q3 2024

Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 57 / 100

Contact crime rate 245,682 per 100k residents

Station population 28 232

Harm rate (per resident) 37/100

Harm volume (absolute) 89/100

Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Ocean View precinct, which covers Ocean View and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels. Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Ocean View?

17th percentile

Planned development

17 hectares of land in Ocean View are earmarked for new development across 4 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (9ha) and Mixed Use (4ha), and 1 other category.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Ocean View is R590K. Property values have grown by 7.2% per year since 2018.

A 7.2% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Ocean View properties (GV2022)

0-200k

2-400k

4-600k ◀

6-800k

800k-1M

1-1.5M

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 R590,000

Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +7.2% per year ↑ Growing

City-wide value percentile 17th percentile

Dominant value band 4-600k

Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Ocean View?

5 schools nearby

Ocean View has 5 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 75.1%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Jupiter Street Primary School.

Adjusted pass rate

75.1%

City median: 90.0%

Schools contributing

173 candidates

Median quintile

Q4-Q5

Jupiter Street Primary School

Public · Grades R–7 · 698 learners · 29.1:1 learner-educator ratio

Favourable class size

Kleinberg Primary School

Public · Grades R–7 · 1,297 learners · 35.1:1 learner-educator ratio

Marine Primary School

Public · Grades R–7 · 1,169 learners · 33.4:1 learner-educator ratio

Ocean View Secondary School

Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,354 learners · 33:1 learner-educator ratio

–

Ocean View Skool

Public · Special needs · 113 learners · 14.1:1 learner-educator ratio

Specialist provision

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 Ocean View?

Taxi-connected

Ocean View has 7 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (41%).

Taxi connectivity

Limited connectivity

7 routes

31st percentile · 7 destinations

Fish hoek, Kommetjie, Murdock valley, Noordhoek, Ocean view, Simons town +1 more

Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Minibus taxis are the primary transport mode. The 41% share reflects a working-class commuter profile – taxi connectivity is a critical economic lifeline, not a lifestyle choice.

Private vehicle

38%

Walking

15%

MyCiTi bus

Minibus taxi

41%

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 Minibus taxi (41%)

Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Ocean View?

Partial service delivery

Ocean View has a service delivery index of 91.2 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 64% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Ocean View survey group (39 households). direct.

Violent crime victimisation reported by 14% of households

› Adult food insecurity (26.1%) is 1.4× the city average of 18.3%.› Violent crime victimisation reported by 14% of households (distinct from SAPS-reported statistics).

Food security

Adult food insecurity

26.1%

City median: 18.3%

Child food insecurity

24.1%

City median: 13.0%

Food insecurity prevalence

23.6%

City median: 22.3%

Access to basic services

91 City median: 85

Piped water

82.3%

Flush toilet

95.2%

Weekly refuse

88.1%

Grid electricity

99.1%

Housing & tenure – Informal or family-compound housing

64 City median: 68

Formal dwellings

63.7%

Owner-occupied

34.6%

Rented

41.4%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

30 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26

Flooding risk

0.9%

Fire risk

2.6%

Violent crime

14.2%

Non-violent crime

3.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share

38.4%

Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 49th percentile

Hardship dimensions

Areas of material need (out of 8)

Grant income share

45.0%

of households receiving grants

Monthly savings

R22

Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food

48.8%

of households prioritise

Electricity

41.4%

of households prioritise

Petrol/transport

24.6%

of households prioritise

Rent/bond

22.6%

of households prioritise

School fees

13.0%

of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Mixed-access suburb

Home fibre

40.8%

City median: 46.5%

Mobile only

23.6%

No access

33.0%

Demographics & community

Avg household size

3.0 people

Avg children per household

0.7

Asset ownership

Computer access

14.3%

Fridge ownership

93.4%

Property ownership

0.0%

Geyser ownership

41.5%

Borehole access

0.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business

7.8%

of households operate a home-based business

How Ocean View compares

Food insecurity 43% above the city average for adult food insecurity

Material hardship 7% below the city average for material hardship

Income 50% below the city average for median household income

Food spend share 9% above the city average for food expenditure share

Household survey victimisation rates significantly exceed SAPS-reported crime for this area, suggesting substantial under-reporting.

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

Energy access

51%

Free basic electricity

5.6%

City median

51% of electricity connections in Ocean View receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.

Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 10,049 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Ocean View?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Ocean View in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 12,442 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.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

36th

Percentile
across Cape Town

29%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (14%)Power outage (7%)Street lights out (6%)Plumbing (5%)Indigent Application (3%)

Service requests logged 12 442

Requests resolved 71% (8 826 of 12 442)

75% resolved within 7 days

90% resolved within 21 days

Source CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

9 registered

Christian

Islamic

Registered places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data. Coverage: 299 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated? 1550.3 per 1,000 households

Total complaints 12 416

Unresolved 29.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (1 699), No Power (917), Street Lights - All Lights Out (711)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Ocean View?

Well served

Healthcare access

2 within 5km

Nearest public Ocean View CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.3 km

Nearest private Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 13.3 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 Ocean View is Kommetjie Road, 2.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 12.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Ocean View Cdc, 0.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Ocean View Cdc · 0.3 km

Nearest library Ocean View · 0.2 km

Nearest park / open space Taurus Way Pos · 0.26 km