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Smitswinkelbaai

Safety 99/100 Safer than 100% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2-2.5M Top 26%

Data current as of

#20 Best for Investment

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Smitswinkelbaai is a neighbourhood in False Bay, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Simon's Town SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Smitswinkelbaai, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Smitswinkelbaai. The suburb is healthcare facilities are more distant than in most suburbs.

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 Smitswinkelbaai safe?

Lower reported crime

44th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
948 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 5.2% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low and falling. This is one of the safer parts of Cape Town, with violent crime well below the city average and a positive year-on-year trend. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 99 / 100
Contact crime rate 18,629 per 100k residents
Station population 10 913
Harm rate (per resident) 99/100
Harm volume (absolute) 100/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Precinct population note: This suburb shares Simon's Town police precinct with Simon's Town, which accounts for 76% of the precinct's residential population. The safety index is based on the whole precinct, where Simon's Town accounts for most of the population. This may not fully reflect conditions in Smitswinkelbaai specifically.

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Simon's Town precinct, which covers Smitswinkelbaai 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 Smitswinkelbaai?

74th percentile

The median property value in Smitswinkelbaai is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Smitswinkelbaai 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 R2,900,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 74th percentile
Dominant value band 2-2.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Smitswinkelbaai?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Smitswinkelbaai in a median of 0.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 7 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Smitswinkelbaai residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
0.5
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
99th
Percentile
across Cape Town
50%
Resolved
same day
Debit Order - Changes / Terminations (29%)Debit Order- 7th,15th and Last day Month (29%)Maintenance of Property Technical MD (14%)Billing Discrepancy (14%)Customer account adjustment (14%)
Service requests logged 7
Requests resolved 86% (6 of 7)
75% resolved within 1 day
90% resolved within 10 days
Source CCT service request database

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Smitswinkelbaai?

Well served

Healthcare access

0 within 5km
Nearest public Simons Town Satellite · Community Day Centre · 8.2 km
Nearest private Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 21.7 km
Public facilities 0
Private facilities 0

No public healthcare facilities within 5 km of this suburb.

The nearest fire station to Smitswinkelbaai is Simonstown, 9.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 17.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Simons Town Satellite, 8.2 km away.

Nearest clinic Simons Town Satellite · 8.2 km
Nearest library Simon'S Town · 8.1 km
Nearest park / open space Cotton Pos · 9.23 km

Fire station

9.6
km to nearest
fire station
Simonstown
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

17.4
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Muizenberg 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

1 adjacent

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

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Smitswinkelbaai · -34.2629°S, 18.4637°E

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