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

97501	ZIP 11024, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97502	ZIP 11106, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97503	ZIP 11109, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97504	ZIP 11233, Kings 🇺🇸 Kings, New York	39
97505	ZIP 11358, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97506	ZIP 11359, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97507	ZIP 11360, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97508	ZIP 11420, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97509	ZIP 11430, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97510	ZIP 11439, Queens 🇺🇸 Queens, New York	39
97511	ZIP 11542, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97512	ZIP 11579, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97513	ZIP 11727, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97514	ZIP 11731, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97515	ZIP 11740, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97516	ZIP 11756, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97517	ZIP 11762, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97518	ZIP 11768, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97519	ZIP 11771, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97520	ZIP 11776, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97521	ZIP 11788, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97522	ZIP 11794, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97523	ZIP 11801, Nassau 🇺🇸 Nassau, New York	39
97524	ZIP 11954, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97525	ZIP 11971, Suffolk 🇺🇸 Suffolk, New York	39
97526	ZIP 12054, Albany 🇺🇸 Albany, New York	39
97527	ZIP 12177, Montgomery 🇺🇸 Montgomery, New York	39
97528	ZIP 12206, Albany 🇺🇸 Albany, New York	39
97529	ZIP 12417, Ulster 🇺🇸 Ulster, New York	39
97530	ZIP 12498, Ulster 🇺🇸 Ulster, 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.