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

1201	Umbogintwini Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 5.8% crime	72
1202	Vryheid Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1203	Waterval Estate Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4% crime	72
1204	Weavind Park Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 77	72
1205	Westdene Bloemfontein, Free State	72
1206	Westview Heights East London, Eastern Cape	72
1207	Willows Bloemfontein, Free State	72
1208	Winchester Hills Johannesburg, Gauteng 7.1% crime	72
1209	Wingfield Cape Town, Western Cape 36% crime	72
1210	Woodbrook East London, Eastern Cape 4.1% crime	72
1211	Woodlands Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8% crime	72
1212	Xigalo Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1213	Airportview Mahikeng, North West	71
1214	Arbeidslus Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4% crime	71
1215	Avoca Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 7.8% crime	71
1216	Balazie East London, Eastern Cape	71
1217	Bardene Ext 2 Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 5.2% crime	71
1218	Barvallen Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 17.6% crime	71
1219	Belhar Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9% crime	71
1220	Bellaire Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2% crime	71
1221	Bergsig George, Western Cape 36.1% crime	71
1222	Beverly Hills Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.6% crime	71
1223	Beyerspark Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 5.2% crime	71
1224	Binfield East London, Eastern Cape	71
1225	Blompark Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.6% crime	71
1226	Bonteheuwel Cape Town, Western Cape 3% crime	71
1227	Boswelakgomo Mahikeng, North West	71
1228	Botshabelo Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1229	Camama East London, Eastern Cape	71
1230	Cambridge West East London, Eastern Cape 2.6% crime	71

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.