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

86	Roseville Pretoria, Gauteng 26.1%	84
72	Roundhay Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	84
61	Sandhurst Johannesburg, Gauteng	84
82	Sandown Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 68	84
76	Saxonwold Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.1% QoL 65	84
67	Simonswyk Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	84
78	Strathavon Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 69	84
73	Stuart's Hill Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	84
62	Sunninghill Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 71	84
71	Twin Palms Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	84
83	Westbury Ext 3 Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4%	84
79	Westdene Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4% QoL 67	84
80	Woodmead Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 75	84
75	Woodmead Ext Johannesburg, Gauteng	84
63	Wynberg Cape Town, Western Cape 16.7%	84
87	Albertynshof Kimberley, Free State 16.3%	83
68	Bakoven Cape Town, Western Cape 40%	83
74	Beachwood Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 21.8%	83
65	Bellville Cape Town, Western Cape 9.9%	83
69	Brackenfell Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	83
88	Cambridge East London, Eastern Cape 2.6%	83
89	Central Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	83
85	De Beers Pretoria, Gauteng 6%	83
66	Durban North Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 21.8%	83
64	Durbanville Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.4%	83
81	Duxberry Johannesburg, Gauteng	83
84	Gezina Pretoria, Gauteng 6.2% QoL 67	83
90	Glenhurd Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	83
70	Golden Acre Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	83
77	Hurlingham Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 72	83

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.