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

1155	Somerset Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1159	Springs Ekurhuleni, Gauteng	72
1157	St Winifreds Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1141	Steenberg Cape Town, Western Cape 14.4%	72
1142	Stellenridge Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	72
1143	Stikland Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	72
1147	Stratford Green Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5%	72
1148	Stratton-on-Sea Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1144	Sunnyside Cape Town, Western Cape 4.3%	72
1150	Sydenham Johannesburg, Gauteng 17.7% QoL 77	72
1163	Taulome Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1151	Temong Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 4.8%	72
1145	The Hague Stellenbosch, Western Cape 8.9%	72
1152	The Hill Johannesburg, Gauteng 2.1%	72
1167	Thsidzini Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1160	Tloung Mahikeng, North West	72
1154	Tshamahansi Polokwane, Limpopo 32.6%	72
1170	Tshamutukwa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1164	Tshapasha Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1161	Tshififi Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1162	Tshikuwi Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1165	Tshiombo Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1153	Tshirela Welkom, Free State 5.7%	72
1169	Tshirunzini Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1168	Tshivhazwaulu Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1166	Tshixwadza Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1146	Tuscany Glen Stellenbosch, Western Cape 5.5%	72
1149	Umbogintwini Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 5.8%	72
1156	Victoria Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1158	Vryheid Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal	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.