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

992	Cravenby Cape Town, Western Cape 15.6%	72
999	Dalefarm Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
995	Dalvale Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.4%	72
1015	Danville Mahikeng, North West	72
993	De Bron Cape Town, Western Cape 11.4%	72
997	De Wijnlanden Estate Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5%	72
996	Dennegeur Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	72
1016	Dibate Mahikeng, North West	72
994	Dido Valley Cape Town, Western Cape 5.3%	72
1009	Die Rand Upington, Northern Cape 15.8%	72
1019	Dinga, South Africa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1000	Douglasdale Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.9% QoL 79	72
1020	Dzamba Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1007	Enable Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1011	Esselen Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1012	Fairway Heights Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1013	Fairyglen Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1018	Ferguson Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1001	Fisher's Hill Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 17.6%	72
1010	Florapark Upington, Northern Cape 15.8%	72
1014	Florian Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
991	Fresnaye Cape Town, Western Cape 17%	72
998	Fynnland Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 24.2%	72
1002	Ga-Kgubudi Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6%	72
1003	Ga-Letwaba Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6%	72
1004	Ga-Magongwa Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6%	72
1008	Ga-Mametja Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1005	Ga-Mmalepeteke Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6%	72
1006	Ga-Mokaba Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6%	72
1017	Gelvan Park Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72

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.