Rankings

Top neighbourhoods — Worldwide

The best-scoring suburbs by category. 9,327 neighbourhoods ranked.

🌍 All 🇿🇦 ZA 9,327 🇬🇧 UK 41,395 🇺🇸 USA 29,585 🇩🇪 DE 10,813 🇳🇱 NL 7,684

Overall

9,327 ranked

312	Bosmont Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4% QoL 67	78
319	Bramley Johannesburg, Gauteng 16.4%	78
309	Bulwer Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 9.7%	78
305	Cape Heritage Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	78
327	Central Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
313	Claremont Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4% QoL 53	78
301	Clifton Cape Town, Western Cape 40%	78
322	Colbyn Pretoria, Gauteng 7.9% QoL 76	78
304	Dalsig Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7%	78
314	Darrenwood Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6%	78
315	Discovery Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.6% QoL 65	78
321	Erasmuskloof Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 73	78
310	Florida North Johannesburg, Gauteng 7.2%	78
328	Framesby Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
316	Franklin Roosevelt Park Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6%	78
323	Ga-Mogoboya Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
326	Ga-Rakome Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
302	Goodwood Cape Town, Western Cape 17%	78
330	Greenshields Park Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
311	Groblerpark Johannesburg, Gauteng 21.6% QoL 70	78
306	Helderberg Manor Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	78
329	Humewood Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
308	Ilitha Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 8.3%	78
320	Illovo Johannesburg, Gauteng 16.4% QoL 70	78
317	Jacanlee Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 72	78
324	Ka-Xialana Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
325	Khujwana Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
303	Lagoon Beach Cape Town, Western Cape 10.4%	78
307	Langgewacht Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	78
318	Langlaagte North Johannesburg, Gauteng 26%	78

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. Overall score is a weighted blend across all scored dimensions; each individual metric (e.g. safety) 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.