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

991	Wijndal Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7% crime	73
992	Windsor Estate Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.1% crime	73
993	Wonderboom Pretoria, Gauteng	73
994	Woodbridge Island Cape Town, Western Cape 10.4% crime	73
995	Woodhaven Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 8.9% crime	73
996	Adcockvale Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
997	Allandale Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.4% crime	72
998	Allen Grove Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 10.3% crime QoL 74	72
999	Alora Stellenbosch, Western Cape 6.9% crime	72
1000	Aston Manor Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 10.3% crime QoL 64	72
1001	Atteridgeville Pretoria, Gauteng 9.4% crime QoL 63	72
1002	Barcelona Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1003	Bartlett Ext 20 Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 5.2% crime	72
1004	Basani Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1005	Batlharos Kimberley, North West 35.8% crime	72
1006	Begwa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1007	Bellair Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6% crime	72
1008	Belvedere Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8% crime	72
1009	Belvedere Estate George, Eastern Cape	72
1010	Benfarm AC Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1011	Bethlehem Welkom, Free State	72
1012	Beverley Hills Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 5.1% crime	72
1013	Bismark Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1014	Blomvlei Cape Town, Western Cape 9.9% crime	72
1015	Bothithong Mahikeng, North West 3% crime	72
1016	Bottlebrush Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 14.7% crime	72
1017	Bremerhof Cape Town, Western Cape 10.2% crime	72
1018	Broadlands Village Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	72
1019	Brummeria Pretoria, Gauteng	72
1020	Charleston Hill Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.4% crime	72

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.