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

374	Richmond Johannesburg, Gauteng 26% QoL 62	78
366	Ridgeworth Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	78
375	Risidale Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 68	78
376	Robin Hills Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 76	78
369	Royal Ascot Cape Town, Western Cape 10.4%	78
361	Sandton Johannesburg, Gauteng	78
386	Sasekani Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
377	Savoy Estate Johannesburg, Gauteng 16.4%	78
378	Selwyn Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.6%	78
384	Serare Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
371	Sharonlea Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% QoL 76	78
387	Shiluvane Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
370	Somerset Country Estate Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	78
367	Southfield Cape Town, Western Cape 13.5%	78
363	Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7%	78
364	Sunnydale Cape Town, Western Cape 10.6%	78
389	Sunnyside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
368	Sunset Links Cape Town, Western Cape 10.4%	78
390	Taybank Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	78
379	The Gardens Johannesburg, Gauteng 17.7% QoL 66	78
385	Thlabine Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
388	Tlhabine Tzaneen, Limpopo 8.9%	78
372	Valeriedene Johannesburg, Gauteng 7.2%	78
382	Wapadrand Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 82	78
362	Waterkloof Ridge Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 72	78
380	Wendywood Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 70	78
365	Wetton Cape Town, Western Cape 8.1%	78
381	Windsor East Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 65	78
373	Windsor West Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 73	78
383	Wingate Park Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 77	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.