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Rustdal

Safety 29/100 Safer than 28% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1-1.5M Top 51% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 7 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Near 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?

Rustdal is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Kuilsrivier SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Rustdal, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Rustdal is served by schools within reach. 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 Rustdal safe?

Higher reported crime

92nd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
12 316 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 2.2% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town. 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? 29 / 100
Contact crime rate 793,277 per 100k residents
Station population 83 576
Harm rate (per resident) 29/100
Harm volume (absolute) 29/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Rustdal 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 Rustdal?

49th percentile

Planned development

1 hectares of land in Rustdal are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (1ha).

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

The median property value in Rustdal is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 5.4% per year since 2018.

A 5.4% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Rustdal properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022 R1,740,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.4% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 49th percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Rustdal?

1 school nearby

Rustdal has 1 school within reach. Schools include M Juniors School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Rustdal will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
IND
M Juniors School
Independent · Grades R–7 · 18 learners · 18:1 learner-educator ratio
PrivateFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Rustdal?

Moderate connectivity

Rustdal has 14 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 ›

Moderate connectivity
14 routes
50th percentile · 11 destinations
Bellville, Blackheath, Blackheath railway station, Dennegeur, Eerste river, Happy valley ,blackheath +5 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 Rustdal?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rustdal in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 813 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
39th
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (20%)Street lights out (5%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (5%)Single street light out (4%)Power outage (3%)
Service requests logged 813
Requests resolved 73% (591 of 813)
75% resolved within 9 days
90% resolved within 41 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 1872.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 809
Unresolved 27.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (163), Street Lights - All Lights Out (44), WMM: Leak at Meter/Stopcock 20mm below (41)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Rustdal?

Well served

Healthcare access

7 within 5km
Nearest public Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.5 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 5.2 km
Public facilities 7
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Rustdal is Kuilsriver, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 3.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 2.5 km away.

Nearest clinic Blue Downs Clinic · 2.5 km
Nearest library Melton Rose · 3.5 km
Nearest park / open space Eike Avenue Park · 0.01 km

Fire station

3.1
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.5
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Blue Downs 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 Rustdal. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Saxenburg Park 1 Saxenburg Park 2 Stellenbosch Farms Blue Downs
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Rustdal · -33.9590°S, 18.7021°E

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