Rotterdam has a safety index of 9 out of 100 (Higher reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Mfuleni precinct recorded approximately 33,764 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is above the city average.

Rotterdam

Safety 9/100 Safer than 8% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 10 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 4d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 1 routes serving the area

Data current as of March 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Rotterdam is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Mfuleni SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Rotterdam, 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 Rotterdam. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Rotterdam safe?

Higher reported crime

Higher crime Moderate Lower crime

54th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume

33 764 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468

↑ 14.6% 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? 9 / 100

Contact crime rate 2,738,761 per 100k residents

Station population 239 187

Harm rate (per resident) 18/100

Harm volume (absolute) 5/100

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

Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Mfuleni precinct, which covers Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Rotterdam?

Low connectivity

Rotterdam has 1 minibus taxi route.

Taxi connectivity

Low connectivity

1 route

0th percentile · 2 destinations

Mfuleni, Tygerberg railway station (via elsies river & parow)

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 Rotterdam?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rotterdam in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 13 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

5th

Percentile
across Cape Town

43%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (15%)Power outage (15%)No supply (15%)Street lights out (15%)Customer reconnection request (8%)

Service requests logged 13

Requests resolved 54% (7 of 13)

75% resolved within 45 days

90% resolved within 50 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 13

Unresolved 46.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (2), No Power (2), WAT: No Supply (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Rotterdam?

Well served

Healthcare access

10 within 5km

Nearest public Wesbank Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.7 km

Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 6.1 km

Public facilities 10

Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Rotterdam is Belhar, 3.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Delft Swimming Pool, 1.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Wesbank Clinic, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Wesbank Clinic · 0.7 km

Nearest library Delft · 2.1 km

Nearest park / open space Voorbrugweg Park · 1.42 km