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Paarl Farms

Safety 19/100 Safer than 14% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 1 facilities within 5 km Council Below avg complaints 3d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 2 routes serving the area

Data current as of

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Paarl Farms safe?

Higher reported crime

0th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
27 512 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 4.9% vs Q3 2024
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? 19 / 100
Contact crime rate 2,125,348 per 100k residents
Station population 258 291
Harm rate (per resident) 47/100
Harm volume (absolute) 8/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Proxy precinct data. This suburb falls within the Kraaifontein policing area. Safety data reflects the broader precinct, not Paarl Farms specifically.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kraaifontein precinct, which covers Paarl Farms 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 Paarl Farms?

Planned development

523 hectares of land in Paarl Farms are earmarked for new development across 4 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (320ha) and Industrial (203ha).

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

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Paarl Farms?

Low connectivity

Paarl Farms has 2 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 ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 4 destinations
Atlantis(wesfleur), Farms(atlantis), Joostenberg vlakte, Kraaifontein
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 Paarl Farms?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Paarl Farms in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 163 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
12th
Percentile
across Cape Town
21%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (25%)Customer phone in reading (6%)Power outage (4%)Customer mtr reading/consump (3%)Ownership Details (3%)
Service requests logged 163
Requests resolved 80% (131 of 163)
75% resolved within 7 days
90% resolved within 15 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 163
Unresolved 20.0%

Top issues: SEW: Empty Conservancy Tank (40), MTR: Customer Phone in Reading (9), No Power (6)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Paarl Farms?

Well served

Healthcare access

1 within 5km
Nearest public Fisantekraal Clinic · Clinic · 4.6 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 10.3 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 Paarl Farms is Kraaifontein, 9.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 11.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Fisantekraal Clinic, 4.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Fisantekraal Clinic · 4.6 km
Nearest library Fisantekraal · 4.7 km
Nearest park / open space Naartjie Street Park · 4.41 km

Fire station

9.3
km to nearest
fire station
Kraaifontein
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

11.8
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Morning Star 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

5 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District C Greenville Garden City Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings Kraaifontein Malmesbury Farms
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Paarl Farms · -33.7768°S, 18.7677°E

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