Date posted: November 10, 2026
Dear Neighbours,AGM – 16 November 2026
We would like to invite you to our AGM at the Noordhoek Community Centre on Monday 16 November. Please arrive at 18:30 for a 19:00 start..
We usually get it done within an hour and a half, and we will be braaiing boerie rolls for everyone afterwards, so please bring along a drink or two and stay for a chat!
Crime Update
Building Sites
Most urgently, we need to report two recent incidents involving thefts from properties where building has been taking place, the first in Disa Rd, discovered on October 26th, where solar panels and building equipment were removed.
The second in Mountain Rd, was discovered on 5 November, where a battery and inverter were stolen from a garage. It would seem that in both cases, the stolen items had been specifically targeted, again raising security concerns in relation to building activity.
Car Remote Jamming
In what we fear may well be the first of many such attempts, a vehicle was remote-jammed in the Farm Village parking area of Sunday at about 16h30 on Sunday, 27 September. CCTV cameras show the suspects, who were sitting in a car parked nearby, casually approach the vehicle and brazenly open the front doors and then the boot, removing various items before returning again to take more from the boot, yet managing to escape notice and get away within minutes! Items stolen included a MacBook Pro, AirPods, a charger, climbing, hiking and workout gear, as well as personal items.
As we have come to realise with the Beach parking area, the relatively informal “car guard” system that was in place at the time, is woefully inadequate in dealing with this type of crime and we are hopeful that the Farm Village management will upgrade security measures in their parking areas to address this.
Spare Wheel – Bin Day
On Friday 25 September, a spare wheel was stolen from a Suzuki Jimny in the early hours, once again pointing to “visitors” on bin day, as an ongoing crime concern. We have alerted owners of these vehicles to the particular vulnerability of the spare wheel and we continue to campaign to keep bins off the street before Friday morning and to increase patrolling during these times.
Indecent Exposure
We, rather disturbingly, had another report of what seems to have been the same exhibitionist on the beach near the Hoek, behaving inappropriately in the vicinity of some women who were lying on the beach. He was reportedly chased by a bystander but made his escape up towards Chapmans Peak Drive.
This has been brought to the attention of SANParks and SAPS. Please stay alert and immediately inform both SAPS Fish Hoek (021 784 2700) and SANParks (021 7892404) if you see such activity.
Crime Uptick?
With a total of five incidents to report since the newsletter of 25 September, we may already be seeing the beginnings of a summer uptick in crime so it’s a good time to be taking stock of our general preparedness.
As residents, what can we do?
- Test your alarm, check its batteries and inspect your property boundaries.
- Check that you know who to call. Do you have apps like Buzzer on your phone?
Hotspots
It is also important that, as a community, we start to identify crime hotspots during peak season, and to take appropriate action. In this respect, issues of responsibility can be tricky to consider, and as CPNW, we hope to be able to both advocate for greater action to be taken by those we feel should be responsible, and step in with a pragmatic approach, when this is clearly necessary!
Be Alert!
Please:
- Warn visitors over the holiday period not to leave valuable items (visible or not) in cars.
- If you spot stationary cars lingering with occupants inside, please ask your AR Company to send a patrol car to investigate. If this happens anywhere near the village or shops, let the management know too.
Beach Parking Security – Appeal for Funds
Remote jamming was a concern at the beach car park during the 2025/26 holiday season, and it became clear to us that this is not something the informal car guards have been at all effective at preventing.
Although security in the parking area is effectively the responsibility of SANParks, the evidence from parking areas within other, more clearly demarcated SANParks properties is that our chances of getting the parking area adequately policed by them is close to zero. This is despite their responsiveness in other areas, most recently in removing a squatter who had set up home in the bush below Chapmans Peak Drive. We have thus decided to formally contract one of our security providers to provide security in the Beach Parking Area and have dedicated funding to cover the period from 15 November 2026 until 15 February 2027.
Fortunately, we have managed to accumulate something of an “war chest” that we try to save for emergency situations. In the past we have used this to bring in extra security during a spate of break-ins and home invasions and also when beach incidents were peaking. We are now at the point where we can use some of this for a limited period to secure the Beach Parking, but sadly we do not have enough to do so indefinitely, and we are concerned that if we cannot sustain it further, there may be a resurgence in March 2027, which month was when incidents peaked last year. So, we have reached out to our Neighbouring NW’s for support and we are also hoping that we can encourage individuals and businesses in the area to make contributions too!
After all, keeping visitors safe from crime in the area can only be good for local business, so we do not think it would be too much to ask for a little investment. If anyone wishes to contribute, our banking details are as follows:
Chapmans Peak Neighbourhood Watch
Standard Bank
Bank Code: 051001
Acc No: 270364439
Reference: Beach Parking
Please send Proof of Payment to Geoff Young at: gvwyoung@gmail.com
Cameras
We have over 70 cameras on the database and continue to roll them out.
They are extremely effective:
- Unusual movements are rapidly detected and trigger investigation by patrol vehicles.
- The Armed Response patrollers have become more efficient and responsive.
- Noordhoek seems to be becoming known as an area that is well protected.
Please note though that we are sensitive to privacy issues and the cameras are sited as much as possible so that they do not capture footage of private property; where they do such footage is blurred out.
Get Involved!
The camera system has enabled us to become more hands-off; we no longer need to have residents out patrolling the streets (as we used to) and we can focus rather on broader strategies that build safety through neighbourliness and community.
This means that the tasks of your committee have become things that almost anyone can easily do, or learn! We have outsourced most of the technical work to specialists, but it is critical that the system is well monitored and managed, and this requires the involvement of folk in the neighbourhood, who can liaise and coordinate with community members.
If you’d like to help, come and chat to us at the AGM. We need people to trim vegetation around cameras, help coordinate repairs or welcome new members.
Speak to a neighbour or two about how you could get involved, be it with CPNW, the NRPA, or even just your street groups.
Please think seriously about putting some of your time into the running of at least one of our community organisations!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The CPNW Committee
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