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Racing Park

Safety 26/100 Safer than 20% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 3 facilities moderate access Council Below 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?

Racing Park is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. Policing falls under the Table View SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Racing Park, crime is rising 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 Racing Park. 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 Racing Park safe?

Higher reported crime

59th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
12 704 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 23.9% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing 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? 26 / 100
Contact crime rate 723,222 per 100k residents
Station population 72 767
Harm rate (per resident) 20/100
Harm volume (absolute) 35/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Table View precinct, which covers Racing Park 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 Racing Park?

Planned development

29 hectares of land in Racing Park are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (17ha) and High Density Residential (12ha).

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 Racing Park?

Well connected

Racing Park has 64 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
64 routes
93rd percentile · 47 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through Racing Park but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Bellville, Bothasig, Cape town, Cape town (station deck), Cape town (via killarney), Cape town (via melkbos strand) +41 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 Racing Park?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Racing Park in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 282 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
38th
Percentile
across Cape Town
18%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)No supply (11%)Power outage (6%)Customer mtr reading/consump (5%)Street lights out (5%)
Service requests logged 282
Requests resolved 72% (204 of 282)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 14 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

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

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 281
Unresolved 28.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (47), WAT: No Supply (30), No Power (16)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Racing Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public Du Noon Clinic · Clinic · 0.8 km
Nearest private Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.9 km
Public facilities 2
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Racing Park is Milnerton, 4.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 9.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Du Noon Clinic, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic Du Noon Clinic · 0.8 km
Nearest library Du Noon · 0.7 km
Nearest park / open space Du Noon Pos · 0.5 km

Fire station

4.6
km to nearest
fire station
Milnerton
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

9.9
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Parow North 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

3 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District B Dunoon Killarney Gardens
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Racing Park · -33.8134°S, 18.5350°E

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