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

91	Hyde Park Johannesburg, Gauteng 19.1% QoL 77	83
99	Idasvallei Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	83
117	Irene Pretoria, Gauteng 10.6%	83
107	Langeberg Ridge Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	83
111	Martindale Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4%	83
112	Moret Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6%	83
106	Morgenster Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	83
116	Newlands Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 73	83
120	Newton Park Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	83
92	Rivonia Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 78	83
113	Rivonia Gardens Johannesburg, Gauteng	83
108	Ruiterhof Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6%	83
96	Somerset West Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	83
95	Strand Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	83
100	Uniepark Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7%	83
101	Universiteits-Oord Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7%	83
114	Westbury Ext 2 Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4%	83
109	Willow Wild Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1%	83
118	Belgravia Kimberley, Free State 16.3%	82
102	Bergvliet Cape Town, Western Cape 13.5%	82
110	Brixton Johannesburg, Gauteng 26% QoL 67	82
97	Brooklyn Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9%	82
98	Cloetesville Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	82
119	De Beers Kimberley, Free State 16.3%	82
103	Edgemead Cape Town, Western Cape 3.4%	82
93	Ferndale Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% QoL 72	82
104	Helderzicht Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	82
105	Kirstenhof Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9%	82
115	Lyme Park Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1%	82
94	Lynnwood Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 83	82

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.