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West Riding

Safety 26/100 Safer than 20% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 4-600k Top 42% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 5 facilities moderate access 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?

West Riding is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for 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 West Riding, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

West Riding 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 West Riding 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 West Riding 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 West Riding?

58th percentile

The median property value in West Riding is R2.1M. Property values have grown by 5.1% per year since 2018.

A 5.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – West Riding 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 R2,090,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.1% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 58th percentile
Dominant value band 4-600k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in West Riding?

1 school nearby

West Riding has 1 school within reach. Schools include West Riding Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. West Riding will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q4
West Riding Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,042 learners · 26.7:1 learner-educator ratio
Favourable 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 West Riding?

Limited connectivity

West Riding has 8 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 ›

Limited connectivity
8 routes
39th percentile · 11 destinations · CBD-connected
Atlantis(wesfleur), Cape town (station deck), Century city, Century city(ratanga), Du noon, Koeberg station +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 West Riding?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in West Riding in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 683 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
46th
Percentile
across Cape Town
23%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (11%)Sewerage overflow (7%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)Customer reconnection request (4%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)
Service requests logged 683
Requests resolved 71% (487 of 683)
75% resolved within 9 days
90% resolved within 19 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

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 2320.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 682
Unresolved 29.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - Single Light Out (74), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (46), Damaged Bin - 240L (35)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near West Riding?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Table View Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
Nearest private Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.6 km
Public facilities 3
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to West Riding is Milnerton, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Goodwood Swimming Pool, 9.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Table View Clinic, 1.2 km away.

Nearest clinic Table View Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest library Table View · 2.6 km
Nearest park / open space Circle Road 1 Pos · 0.03 km

Fire station

3.3
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

9.6
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Goodwood 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 West Riding. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Cape Farms District B Sunridge Table View
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West Riding · -33.8225°S, 18.5154°E

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