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

1171	Sidwell Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1172	Siloam Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1173	Somerset Heights Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1174	Springs Ekurhuleni, Gauteng	72
1175	St Winifreds Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1176	Steenberg Cape Town, Western Cape 14.4% crime	72
1177	Stellenridge Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6% crime	72
1178	Stikland Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6% crime	72
1179	Stratford Green Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5% crime	72
1180	Stratton-on-Sea Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1181	Sunnyside Cape Town, Western Cape 4.3% crime	72
1182	Sydenham Johannesburg, Gauteng 17.7% crime QoL 77	72
1183	Sydenham Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1184	Taulome Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1185	Temong Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 4.8% crime	72
1186	The Hague Stellenbosch, Western Cape 8.9% crime	72
1187	The Hill Johannesburg, Gauteng 2.1% crime	72
1188	Thsidzini Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1189	Tloung Mahikeng, North West	72
1190	Tshamahansi Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6% crime	72
1191	Tshamutukwa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1192	Tshapasha Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1193	Tshififi Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1194	Tshikuwi Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1195	Tshiombo Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1196	Tshirela Welkom, Free State 5.7% crime	72
1197	Tshirunzini Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1198	Tshivhazwaulu Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1199	Tshixwadza Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1200	Tuscany Glen Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5% 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.