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Tygervalley Waterfront

Safety 43/100 Safer than 50% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 9 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 1d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 2 routes serving the area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Tygervalley Waterfront is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Bellville SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Tygervalley Waterfront, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Tygervalley Waterfront. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Tygervalley Waterfront safe?

Moderate reported crime

71st percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Moderate Absolute crime volume
11 888 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 1.6% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 43 / 100
Contact crime rate 648,663 per 100k residents
Station population 78 711
Harm rate (per resident) 43/100
Harm volume (absolute) 44/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville precinct, which covers Tygervalley Waterfront 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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

City of Cape Town Development Focus Area

Tygervalley Waterfront is within the Belville CBD / Tygervalley development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.

Planned development

13 hectares of land in Tygervalley Waterfront are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (11ha) and Mixed Use (1ha).

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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

Low connectivity

Tygervalley Waterfront 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 · 2 destinations
Bellville, Durbanville
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 Tygervalley Waterfront?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Tygervalley Waterfront in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 383 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 Tygervalley Waterfront residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
94th
Percentile
across Cape Town
30%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (11%)Refunds Final Accs/Overpay-North&South (9%)E - Billing Invoices (7%)Ownership Details (5%)No supply (5%)
Service requests logged 383
Requests resolved 86% (329 of 383)
75% resolved within 3 days
90% resolved within 8 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 383
Unresolved 14.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (41), Refunds Final Accs/Overpay-North&South (35), E - Billing Invoices (26)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Tygervalley Waterfront?

Well served

Healthcare access

9 within 5km
Nearest public Karl Bremmer Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 3 km
Nearest private Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3.3 km
Public facilities 5
Private facilities 4

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

The nearest fire station to Tygervalley Waterfront is Bellville, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 3.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Karl Bremmer Hospital, 3.0 km away.

Nearest clinic Karl Bremmer Hospital · 3 km
Nearest library Tygervalley · 0.5 km
Nearest park / open space Door De Kraal - Angelier Park · 0.47 km

Fire station

3.8
km to nearest
fire station
Bellville
district hq - north
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.6
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
9
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Bellville 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 Tygervalley Waterfront. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Door De Kraal Kenridge Stellenbosch Univ Tygervalley Welgemoed
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Tygervalley Waterfront · -33.8719°S, 18.6304°E

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