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

1021	Chavani Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1022	Clarens Golf & Trout Estate Welkom, Free State 6.1% crime	72
1023	Constantia Kloof Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.6% crime QoL 82	72
1024	Cotswold Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1025	Cotswold Extension Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1026	Cove Rock Country Estate East London, Eastern Cape 4.1% crime	72
1027	Cradock Heights Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1028	Cravenby Cape Town, Western Cape 15.6% crime	72
1029	Dalefarm Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1030	Dalvale Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.4% crime	72
1031	Danville Mahikeng, North West	72
1032	De Bron Cape Town, Western Cape 11.4% crime	72
1033	De Wijnlanden Estate Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5% crime	72
1034	Dennegeur Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	72
1035	Dibate Mahikeng, North West	72
1036	Dido Valley Cape Town, Western Cape 5.3% crime	72
1037	Die Rand Upington, Northern Cape 15.8% crime	72
1038	Dinga, South Africa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1039	Douglasdale Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.9% crime QoL 79	72
1040	Dzamba Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1041	East Bank East London, Eastern Cape	72
1042	Enable Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1043	Fernglen Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1044	Fisher's Hill Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 17.6% crime	72
1045	Florapark Upington, Northern Cape 15.8% crime	72
1046	Fresnaye Cape Town, Western Cape 17% crime	72
1047	Fynnland Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 24.2% crime	72
1048	Ga-Kgubudi Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% crime	72
1049	Ga-Letwaba Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% crime	72
1050	Ga-Magongwa Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% 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.