Rankings

Top neighbourhoods — Worldwide

The best-scoring suburbs by category. 99,458 neighbourhoods ranked. Worldwide overall rankings require at least four evidenced score dimensions.

🌍 All 🇿🇦 ZA 9,327 🇬🇧 UK 42,028 🇺🇸 USA 29,606 🇩🇪 DE 10,813 🇳🇱 NL 7,684

Overall

99,458 ranked

97471	ZIP 08070, Salem 🇺🇸 Salem, New Jersey	39
97472	ZIP 08075, Burlington 🇺🇸 Burlington, New Jersey	39
97473	ZIP 08077, Burlington 🇺🇸 Burlington, New Jersey	39
97474	ZIP 08084, Camden 🇺🇸 Camden, New Jersey	39
97475	ZIP 08106, Camden 🇺🇸 Camden, New Jersey	39
97476	ZIP 08107, Camden 🇺🇸 Camden, New Jersey	39
97477	ZIP 08109, Camden 🇺🇸 Camden, New Jersey	39
97478	ZIP 08223, Cape May 🇺🇸 Cape May, New Jersey	39
97479	ZIP 08226, Cape May 🇺🇸 Cape May, New Jersey	39
97480	ZIP 08248, Cape May 🇺🇸 Cape May, New Jersey	39
97481	ZIP 08360, Cumberland 🇺🇸 Cumberland, New Jersey	39
97482	ZIP 08518, Burlington 🇺🇸 Burlington, New Jersey	39
97483	ZIP 08561, Mercer 🇺🇸 Mercer, New Jersey	39
97484	ZIP 08638, Mercer 🇺🇸 Mercer, New Jersey	39
97485	ZIP 08753, Ocean 🇺🇸 Ocean, New Jersey	39
97486	ZIP 08805, Somerset 🇺🇸 Somerset, New Jersey	39
97487	ZIP 08820, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	39
97488	ZIP 08830, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	39
97489	ZIP 08831, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	39
97490	ZIP 08844, Somerset 🇺🇸 Somerset, New Jersey	39
97491	ZIP 08852, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	39
97492	ZIP 08863, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	39
97493	ZIP 08880, Somerset 🇺🇸 Somerset, New Jersey	39
97494	ZIP 08884, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	39
97495	ZIP 10011, New York 🇺🇸 New York, New York	39
97496	ZIP 10024, New York 🇺🇸 New York, New York	39
97497	ZIP 10312, Richmond 🇺🇸 Richmond, New York	39
97498	ZIP 10704, Westchester 🇺🇸 Westchester, New York	39
97499	ZIP 10705, Westchester 🇺🇸 Westchester, New York	39
97500	ZIP 11024, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39

How these rankings are calculated

Rankings are sorted by the metric selected above — overall score, safety, schools or affordability — computed the same way for every suburb in our database, so the ordering reflects the underlying data rather than editorial judgement. Worldwide overall rankings require at least four evidenced dimensions so a thin profile cannot outrank a well-supported one. Country-specific pages retain partial profiles and label them clearly. Each individual metric is scored independently on its own 0-100 scale.

Safety scores for South African suburbs are built from official SAPS crime statistics at police-precinct level, weighted toward violent and property crime categories. International safety scores use the equivalent national source — data.police.uk reports in the UK, BKA and Landeskriminalamt statistics in Germany, and CBS data in the Netherlands.

School scores weigh the number and proximity of nearby primary and secondary schools, drawn from the Department of Basic Education's National Masterlist; affordability compares typical rent against local median household income. Filter by country or province above to compare rankings within a specific region, or open any suburb to see the full seven-dimension breakdown behind its rank.