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

1141	Orange Grove Welkom, North West	72
1142	Orlando West Johannesburg, Gauteng 14.7% crime QoL 61	72
1143	Panorama Cape Town, Western Cape 17% crime	72
1144	Paradyskloof Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7% crime	72
1145	Park Hill Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 7.8% crime	72
1146	Parkside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1147	Parow North Cape Town, Western Cape 10.2% crime	72
1148	Parsons Hill Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1149	Penhill Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5% crime	72
1150	Pile Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1151	Port Alfred East London, Eastern Cape	72
1152	Queensmead Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1153	Quenera North East London, Eastern Cape 18.2% crime	72
1154	Ramosadi Mahikeng, North West	72
1155	Randpark Ridge Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% crime QoL 71	72
1156	Riverplaats Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1157	Riviera Park Mahikeng, North West	72
1158	Roodepoort-Noord Johannesburg, Gauteng 21.6% crime	72
1159	Roodepoort-Wes Johannesburg, Gauteng 21.6% crime	72
1160	Rooihuiskraal-Noord Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 69	72
1161	Rossburgh Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8% crime	72
1162	Royal Alfred Marina East London, Eastern Cape	72
1163	Sadowa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1164	Saki East London, Eastern Cape	72
1165	Sekgakgapeng Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% crime	72
1166	Sekgopo Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1167	Seoding Kimberley, North West 13.9% crime	72
1168	Setaseng Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1169	Seweding Mahikeng, North West	72
1170	Shirley Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 4.8% 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.