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Oudekraal

Safety 99/100 Safer than 54% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 1 facilities within 5 km Council Below avg complaints 2.5d median resolution

Data current as of

This area has far more visitors than residents, which affects how crime rates are calculated. Learn more ›

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Oudekraal is a neighbourhood in Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Camps Bay SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Oudekraal, crime is declining 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 Oudekraal. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has a healthcare facility within reach.

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 Oudekraal safe?

Lower reported crime

46th percentile among 744 suburbs · volume-based score (tourist precinct adjustment) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
1 220 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 1.2% vs Q3 2024
Oudekraal is a tourist precinct. The headline score reflects absolute crime volume only - 99/100 - because the per-capita rate is distorted by a small residential population serving a much larger visitor population. Actual crime volume is very low - just 1 220 per year, well below the city median of 10 468. For residents, this is one of the quieter parts of Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Headline score (volume-based) Why volume-based? 99 / 100
Composite score (rate x volume) How is this calculated? 46 / 100
Contact crime rate 40,166 per 100k residents
Station population 4 296
Harm rate (per resident) 21/100
Harm volume (absolute) 99/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Tourist-precinct adjustment. The headline score uses the volume sub-index (99/100) instead of the composite (46/100). Oudekraal's per-capita crime rate is calculated against a small resident population, but the SAPS precinct serves far more visitors than residents. The composite punishes Oudekraal for a high per-capita rate that is an artefact of the small population denominator. The volume sub-index measures absolute crime only and is not affected by this distortion. Both scores are shown in the data table for transparency. Full methodology.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Camps Bay precinct, which covers Oudekraal 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 Oudekraal?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Oudekraal?

Vehicle-led mix

The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (56%).

Commute mode share

Walking is the dominant transport mode at 30%. In the Cape Town context, this indicates structural necessity – limited vehicle ownership and insufficient public transport options.
Private vehicle
56%
Walking
30%
MyCiTi bus
3%
Minibus taxi
6%
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 (56%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Oudekraal?

Partial service delivery

Oudekraal has a service delivery index of 92.7 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 78% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Hout Bay survey group (38 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Home fibre internet reaches 81% of households
› High digital connectivity: 81% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

93 City median: 85
Piped water
92.7%
Flush toilet
89.4%
Weekly refuse
92.3%
Grid electricity
96.5%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

78 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
78.2%
Owner-occupied
44.7%
Rented
21.2%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

23 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
3.5%
Violent crime
7.8%
Non-violent crime
7.9%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
39.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 45th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
26.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R461
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
73.0%
of households prioritise
Electricity
42.3%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
41.8%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
19.0%
of households prioritise
School fees
8.5%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
81.4%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
15.1%
No access
3.5%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
3.8%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.0%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
3.8%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.5 people
Avg children per household
0.5

Asset ownership

Computer access
68.1%
Fridge ownership
95.4%
Property ownership
3.9%
Geyser ownership
74.1%
Borehole access
16.7%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
13.7%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
7.5%
WFH part-time
5.3%

How Oudekraal compares

Food insecurity 79% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 73% below the city average for material hardship
Income 2.0× the city average for median household income
Food spend share 13% above the city average for food expenditure share

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Hout Bay. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Oudekraal?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Oudekraal in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 47 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
36th
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Street lights out (9%)DO NOT USE (Tree Complaint) (9%)Speeding (4%)Leak at meter/stopcock 25mm and up (4%)Street Sweeping (4%)
Service requests logged 47
Requests resolved 62% (29 of 47)
75% resolved within 10 days
90% resolved within 48 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 46
Unresolved 39.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - All Lights Out (4), DO NOT USE (Tree Complaint) (4), Speeding (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Oudekraal?

Well served

Healthcare access

1 within 5km
Nearest public Hout Bay Clinic · Community Day Centre · 4.7 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Cape Town · Private Hospital · 6.9 km
Public facilities 1
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Oudekraal is Hout Bay, 5.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Sea Point Swimming Pool, 7.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Hout Bay Clinic, 4.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Hout Bay Clinic · 4.7 km
Nearest library Camps Bay · 3.9 km
Nearest park / open space Fulham Greenbelt · 0.85 km

Fire station

5
km to nearest
fire station
Hout Bay
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

7.9
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Sea Point 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

2 adjacent

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

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Oudekraal · -33.9879°S, 18.3690°E

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