Silvertown - Khayelitsha

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 0 🏘️ Near: driftsands, eyethu, mandela-park

Note: The official Silvertown - Khayelitsha boundary is a small area. The broader area commonly known as Silvertown - Khayelitsha includes nearby suburbs. Some schools, clinics and other facilities may appear under:

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

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

TOWN 2 CDC

🏨 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.

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Khayelitsha (0.8 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Makhaza Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

24 Murder

175 Aggravated robbery

45 Residential burglary

26 Carjacking

33 Rape

82 Assault GBH

15 Vehicle theft

87 Drug-related crime

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24 Murder

14 Attempted murder

33 Rape

0 Sexual assault

153 Common assault

82 Assault GBH

175 Aggravated robbery

42 Common robbery

45 Residential burglary

3 Non-residential burglary

15 Vehicle theft

26 Carjacking

16 Residential robbery

87 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

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

driftsands0→eyethu0→mandela-park28,834 people→sabata-dalindyebo-square0→

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