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

1291	Komkhulu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1292	Komkhulu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1293	Kopanong Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 4.8% crime	71
1294	Kroonstad Welkom, North West	71
1295	KuMaya East London, Eastern Cape	71
1296	KwaBhonke East London, Eastern Cape	71
1297	KwaGubevu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1298	KwaKayaletu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1299	KwaKlifu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1300	KwaLenze East London, Eastern Cape	71
1301	Kwalini East London, Eastern Cape	71
1302	KwaMangati East London, Eastern Cape	71
1303	KwaMaqoma East London, Eastern Cape	71
1304	KwaNdubungela East London, Eastern Cape	71
1305	KwaNxamkwana East London, Eastern Cape	71
1306	KwaRayi East London, Eastern Cape	71
1307	KwaTshatshu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1308	KwaWezo East London, Eastern Cape	71
1309	La Montagne Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 71	71
1310	Laudium Pretoria, Gauteng 7.2% crime QoL 67	71
1311	Lekhuswaneng Polokwane, Limpopo 16.4% crime	71
1312	Lenasia South Johannesburg, Gauteng 11.1% crime QoL 64	71
1313	Leveni East London, Eastern Cape	71
1314	Lichtenburg Mahikeng, North West	71
1315	Lokaleng Mahikeng, North West	71
1316	Lombard Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1317	Lombardy East Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 11.2% crime QoL 66	71
1318	Lovemore Heights Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	71
1319	Lynn's View Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2% crime	71
1320	Macassar Village Estate Stellenbosch, Western Cape 15.5% 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.