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

1351	Mtititi Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1352	Mtwaku East London, Eastern Cape	71
1353	Mukande Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1354	Mzezi East London, Eastern Cape	71
1355	Navors Pretoria, Gauteng	71
1356	Ncwini East London, Eastern Cape	71
1357	Ndevana East London, Eastern Cape	71
1358	Ndileka East London, Eastern Cape	71
1359	Neave Industrial Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	71
1360	Newton Kimberley, Northern Cape 28.8% crime	71
1361	Ng'ala East London, Eastern Cape	71
1362	Ngqamakhwe East London, Eastern Cape	71
1363	Ngxwalane East London, Eastern Cape	71
1364	Nonzwakazi East London, Eastern Cape	71
1365	Northmead Ekurhuleni, Gauteng QoL 67	71
1366	Ntabeni East London, Eastern Cape	71
1367	Ntlakwefolo East London, Eastern Cape	71
1368	Ntlhaveni Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1369	Ntshongeni East London, Eastern Cape	71
1370	Nuwerus Upington, Northern Cape 15.8% crime	71
1371	Olivanna Johannesburg, Gauteng 19.7% crime	71
1372	Ooseinde Bloemfontein, Free State	71
1373	Oosterville Upington, Northern Cape 15.8% crime	71
1374	Patensie Gqeberha, Eastern Cape 9.6% crime	71
1375	Peninghotsa Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1376	Pezulu Private Estate George, Eastern Cape	71
1377	Phakamisa East London, Eastern Cape	71
1378	Philip Nel Park Pretoria, Gauteng 19.4% crime QoL 67	71
1379	Pine Town Informal Settlement Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	71
1380	Plantation Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 13% 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.