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

347	Leolo Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
331	Linden Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 71	78
360	Linton Grange Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
332	Lonehill Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.9%	78
350	Longvalley - A Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
342	Lukasrand Pretoria, Gauteng 8.9%	78
343	Lydiana Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 82	78
352	Maake Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
348	Magoboya Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
344	Makhibidung Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
351	Makhwibidung Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
338	Malvern Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 7%	78
349	Mhadawa Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
359	Mill Park Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
345	Mogapeng Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
353	Mokomotsie Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
346	Mothlatlareng Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
336	Mouille Point Cape Town, Western Cape 17%	78
354	Mphame Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
337	Nautilus Village Stellenbosch, Western Cape	78
335	Ndabeni Cape Town, Western Cape 8.8%	78
333	Northcliff Johannesburg, Gauteng 7.2% QoL 73	78
355	Nyanyokane Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
339	Oaklands Johannesburg, Gauteng 17.7%	78
356	Pharare Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
334	Pinelands Cape Town, Western Cape 8.8%	78
340	Princess Johannesburg, Gauteng 21.6% QoL 47	78
358	Randfontein Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 47	78
341	Rhodesfield Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 10.3%	78
357	Rhulane Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	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.