Crossroads

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 0 🏘️ Near: guguletu, nyanga, philippi

This suburb falls within a City of Cape Town urban development focus area, indicating prioritised investment in infrastructure and services.

Schools

8 schools

WCED · 2024

8 Total Schools

9,117 Total Learners

7 Public

1 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
NEW EISLEBEN SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,847
DR. NELSON R. MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,536
SIGCAWU PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,241
SIKELELA IMIZAMO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,205
KUYAKHANYA PRIMARY	primary	public	—	1,137
IMBASA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,106
MVULA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,045
LEAP SCIENCE AND MATHS SCHOOL (LEAP 2 C	secondary	independent	—	0

Healthcare

2 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 2

CROSSROADS 1 CLINIC
CROSSROADS 2 CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

19 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

75,225

Population (2022)

80,398

Est. Population (2025)

Census 2022 weighted estimate. 2025 figure projected at 2.2% annual growth — actual rates vary by suburb.

Source: Stats SA Census 2022 (10% sample)

📊 2024 Household Survey

3.71 Avg household size

82.3% Piped water

84.9% Flush toilet

98.9% Grid electricity

76.1% Refuse removal

92.1% Internet access

55.5% Formal dwelling

23.8% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

8.6% Has vehicle

16% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 121 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

17 Parks

6 With play equipment

32.5 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Guguletu (3.1 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Nyanga Police Station

Primary station (86.6% of suburb area).

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

70 Murder

299 Aggravated robbery

45 Residential burglary

44 Carjacking

55 Rape

190 Assault GBH

20 Vehicle theft

418 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

70 Murder

35 Attempted murder

55 Rape

0 Sexual assault

234 Common assault

190 Assault GBH

299 Aggravated robbery

127 Common robbery

45 Residential burglary

3 Non-residential burglary

20 Vehicle theft

44 Carjacking

38 Residential robbery

418 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. This suburb is served by multiple stations; only the primary station's data is shown.

Source: SAPS Quarterly Crime Statistics 2025/2026

Load Shedding

Schedule

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Load shedding 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

Recent Trend

Neighbouring Suburbs

guguletu110,563 people→nyanga26,857 people→philippi310,320 people→

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