Bo-Kaap

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 7 🏘️ Near: cape-town-city-centre, gardens, green-point

Schools

3 schools

WCED · 2024

3 Total Schools

1,508 Total Learners

3 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
VISTA HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	565
ST. PAUL'S PRIMARY SCHOOL (BO-KAAP)	primary	public	—	534
SCHOTSCHEKLOOF MOS PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	409

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

SCHOTSCHESKLOOF SATELLITE

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

Census 2022 demographic data is not yet available for this suburb. Coverage is being expanded as Stats SA releases finer geographic data.

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

6 Parks

3 With play equipment

6.2 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Roeland Street (2 km away) · District Hq - West

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Cape Town Central Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

Recorded Crimes — Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

2 Murder

123 Aggravated robbery

56 Residential burglary

2 Carjacking

15 Rape

37 Assault GBH

48 Vehicle theft

1,598 Drug-related crime

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2 Murder

3 Attempted murder

15 Rape

0 Sexual assault

161 Common assault

37 Assault GBH

123 Aggravated robbery

373 Common robbery

56 Residential burglary

25 Non-residential burglary

48 Vehicle theft

2 Carjacking

5 Residential robbery

1,598 Drug-related crime

Note: These are station-level totals for the entire policing area, not suburb-specific figures. SAPS does not publish crime data at suburb level.

Source: SAPS Quarterly Crime Statistics 2025/2026

Load Shedding

Block 7

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 7 schedule. Times shown are when power will be OFF.

Dam Levels

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

City-wide metric, not suburb-specific.

78% Full

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Neighbouring Suburbs

cape-town-city-centre106,850 people→gardens8,869 people→green-point6,810 people→signal-hill-lions-head0→tamboerskloof3,863 people→

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