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

1051	Ga-Mametja Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1052	Ga-Mmalepeteke Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% crime	72
1053	Ga-Mokaba Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% crime	72
1054	Gersham Stellenbosch, Western Cape 6.9% crime	72
1055	Ghandlanani Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1056	Gleemoor Cape Town, Western Cape 4.3% crime	72
1057	Glencairn Cape Town, Western Cape 18.9% crime	72
1058	Glenhaven Stellenbosch, Western Cape 4.8% crime	72
1059	Gogogo Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1060	Golden Hill Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2% crime	72
1061	Golf View Mahikeng, North West	72
1062	Govhu Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1063	Graaff-Reinet Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1064	Grosvenor Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1065	Hani Park Welkom, North West	72
1066	Helderberg Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	72
1067	Helikonpark Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 72	72
1068	High Places Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5% crime	72
1069	Hillcrest Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8% crime	72
1070	Hillcrest Pretoria, Gauteng 7.9% crime QoL 73	72
1071	Hillcrest Park Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8% crime	72
1072	Hoveni Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1073	Hughes Exts Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 5.2% crime	72
1074	Humulani Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1075	Illiondale Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 3.8% crime QoL 68	72
1076	Imperial Reserve Mahikeng, North West	72
1077	Industria Welkom, North West	72
1078	Ivy Park Polokwane, Limpopo 6.6% crime	72
1079	Jacobs Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8% crime	72
1080	Jilongo Tzaneen, Limpopo	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.