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Paarden Eiland

Safety 20/100 Safer than 16% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 18 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Above avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Paarden Eiland is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. Policing falls under the Maitland SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Paarden Eiland, 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 Paarden Eiland. 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 Paarden Eiland safe?

Higher reported crime

47th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
4 896 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 6.2% vs Q3 2024
Rate and volume tell different stories.

The per-capita rate appears high, but actual crime volume (4 896) is below the city median.

Crime is higher than most of Cape Town but has been decreasing over the past year. 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? 20 / 100
Contact crime rate 294,974 per 100k residents
Station population 19 972
Harm rate (per resident) 5/100
Harm volume (absolute) 80/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Maitland precinct, which covers Paarden Eiland 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 Paarden Eiland?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Paarden Eiland?

Well connected

Paarden Eiland has 48 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

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 ›

Well connected
48 routes
89th percentile · 33 destinations · CBD-connected
3rd steen big bay (via paarden eiland), Atlantis, Blaauwberg, Cape town, Cape town (station deck), Cape town (via melkbosstrand) +27 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 Paarden Eiland?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Paarden Eiland in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,604 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
37th
Percentile
across Cape Town
29%
Resolved
same day
Street lights out (11%)Sewerage overflow (10%)Power outage (9%)Water leak (4%)Leak at valve (3%)
Service requests logged 2 604
Requests resolved 76% (1 967 of 2 604)
75% resolved within 6 days
90% resolved within 14 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 2854500.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 2 595
Unresolved 25.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - All Lights Out (295), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (257), No Power (234)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Paarden Eiland?

Well served

Healthcare access

18 within 5km
Nearest public Maitland Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.9 km
Nearest private Uct Private Academic Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.4 km
Public facilities 13
Private facilities 5

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

The nearest fire station to Paarden Eiland is Brooklyn, 0.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Observatory Swimming Pool, 3.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Maitland Clinic, 1.9 km away.

Nearest clinic Maitland Clinic · 1.9 km
Nearest library Maitland · 1.8 km
Nearest park / open space Calcutta Greenbelt · 0.25 km

Fire station

0.9
km to nearest
fire station
Brooklyn
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.3
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
12
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Observatory 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

7 adjacent

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

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