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New Park

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Kimberley, Free State

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Amenities

Recommended Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

100

Affordability

Safety — 6,187 reported incidents in the latest period

Amenities — 68 amenities mapped nearby

Trade-offs

Transport

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · OSM Jun 2026 · modelled

Safety

2022-2023

100

Affordability

modelled

Schools

2020

Transport

Jun 2026

Amenities

Jun 2026

Lifestyle

Jun 2026

Property Confidence

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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AI neighbourhood summary

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Is this area good for families?

New Park scores 97/100 for schools and 77/100 for safety — the two factors families weigh most. Its strongest areas are safety and affordability. No dimension scores in the concerning range.

Generated by AI · 2 months ago

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,290 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

78%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

20%

Has electricity

96%

Regular refuse removal

65%

Water interruptions (past yr)

62%

Less happy than last year

39%

What residents are complaining about

% of households reporting each problem as present in their area.

Illegal rubbish dumping 60%

Littering 57%

Water pollution 29%

Air pollution 25%

Land degradation 51%

Noise pollution 24%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

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Load-shedding

No load-shedding

National status

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Kimberley

Total incidents

6,187

Violent crime

1,647 +151

Burglary & robbery

1,202 +266

Property crime

2,635 +338

Vehicle crime

593 +148

Other

110 -34

Most reported crimes

Other Theft

1,390

Common Assault

614

Burglary Res

570

Theft From Vehicle

555

Commercial Crime

482

Malicious Damage

416

Assault Gbh

372

Burglary Nonres

300

Reporting history (2008–2023)

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Total Burglary share Latest period

Source: SAPS crime statistics, SAPACR dataset (2008–2023). South African Police Service.

Nearest police stations

Kimberley 1.5 km

Straight-line distances from suburb centre. Source: OpenStreetMap.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

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Nearby schools

DBE National Masterlist 2020 · within 5km

Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Restaurants 0

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Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS

No significant hazards on record

No notable floods or earthquakes recorded near this area since 2006.

Affordability

Estimated

Estimated figures — modelled from NeighbourhoodIQ score and area type. No suburb-level Stats SA survey exists. Use as a rough planning guide, not a valuation.

Avg monthly rent

R14,415

Median income

R48,360

Avg property price

R2,232,000

Price trend YoY

+3.8%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Free State (Stats SA GHS 2022) R3,960/mo

Official house price index — Free State Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 62.3, 2010-02: 62.4, 2010-03: 62.6, 2010-04: 62.9, 2010-05: 63.5, 2010-06: 64.1, 2010-07: 64.8, 2010-08: 65.4, 2010-09: 65.8, 2010-10: 66.0, 2010-11: 66.2, 2010-12: 66.6, 2011-01: 67.0, 2011-02: 67.8, 2011-03: 68.7, 2011-04: 69.7, 2011-05: 70.5, 2011-06: 70.9, 2011-07: 70.9, 2011-08: 70.8, 2011-09: 70.7, 2011-10: 70.7, 2011-11: 70.9, 2011-12: 71.3, 2012-01: 71.8, 2012-02: 72.3, 2012-03: 72.8, 2012-04: 73.1, 2012-05: 73.3, 2012-06: 73.4, 2012-07: 73.6, 2012-08: 73.9, 2012-09: 74.4, 2012-10: 75.0, 2012-11: 75.6, 2012-12: 75.9, 2013-01: 75.9, 2013-02: 75.7, 2013-03: 75.3, 2013-04: 74.9, 2013-05: 74.9, 2013-06: 75.2, 2013-07: 75.7, 2013-08: 76.4, 2013-09: 77.1, 2013-10: 77.8, 2013-11: 78.4, 2013-12: 78.8, 2014-01: 79.2, 2014-02: 79.3, 2014-03: 79.3, 2014-04: 79.4, 2014-05: 79.6, 2014-06: 79.8, 2014-07: 80.2, 2014-08: 80.4, 2014-09: 80.4, 2014-10: 80.1, 2014-11: 79.8, 2014-12: 79.7, 2015-01: 79.9, 2015-02: 80.5, 2015-03: 81.2, 2015-04: 81.8, 2015-05: 82.2, 2015-06: 82.4, 2015-07: 82.5, 2015-08: 82.7, 2015-09: 83.1, 2015-10: 83.6, 2015-11: 84.2, 2015-12: 84.7, 2016-01: 85.1, 2016-02: 85.3, 2016-03: 85.4, 2016-04: 85.3, 2016-05: 85.3, 2016-06: 85.3, 2016-07: 85.3, 2016-08: 85.2, 2016-09: 84.9, 2016-10: 84.7, 2016-11: 84.5, 2016-12: 84.5, 2017-01: 84.8, 2017-02: 85.5, 2017-03: 86.2, 2017-04: 86.9, 2017-05: 87.4, 2017-06: 87.8, 2017-07: 88.1, 2017-08: 88.6, 2017-09: 89.2, 2017-10: 90.0, 2017-11: 90.6, 2017-12: 91.0, 2018-01: 90.9, 2018-02: 90.6, 2018-03: 90.3, 2018-04: 90.0, 2018-05: 90.0, 2018-06: 90.2, 2018-07: 90.5, 2018-08: 90.8, 2018-09: 91.0, 2018-10: 91.3, 2018-11: 91.5, 2018-12: 91.8, 2019-01: 92.1, 2019-02: 92.4, 2019-03: 92.6, 2019-04: 93.0, 2019-05: 93.2, 2019-06: 93.3, 2019-07: 93.2, 2019-08: 93.0, 2019-09: 92.7, 2019-10: 92.4, 2019-11: 92.2, 2019-12: 92.2, 2020-01: 92.5, 2020-02: 93.0, 2020-03: 93.5, 2020-04: 94.1, 2020-05: 94.8, 2020-06: 95.4, 2020-07: 96.0, 2020-08: 96.6, 2020-09: 97.3, 2020-10: 98.1, 2020-11: 99.1, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.9, 2021-02: 101.7, 2021-03: 102.4, 2021-04: 103.1, 2021-05: 103.8, 2021-06: 104.5, 2021-07: 105.4, 2021-08: 106.2, 2021-09: 106.7, 2021-10: 107.1, 2021-11: 107.0, 2021-12: 107.5, 2022-01: 107.4, 2022-02: 107.5, 2022-03: 107.7, 2022-04: 107.9, 2022-05: 108.0, 2022-06: 108.2, 2022-07: 108.3, 2022-08: 108.3, 2022-09: 108.3, 2022-10: 108.3, 2022-11: 108.4, 2022-12: 108.5, 2023-01: 108.7

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