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

1198	Walmer Heights Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1182	Waterval Estate Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4%	72
1185	Weavind Park Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 77	72
1194	Westdene Bloemfontein, Free State	72
1195	Willows Bloemfontein, Free State	72
1183	Winchester Hills Johannesburg, Gauteng 7.1%	72
1172	Wingfield Cape Town, Western Cape 36%	72
1186	Woodbrook East London, Eastern Cape 4.1%	72
1179	Woodlands Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4.8%	72
1189	Worcester Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1190	Worcester Wes Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1200	Xigalo Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1191	Zweletemba Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	72
1197	Airportview Mahikeng, North West	71
1173	Arbeidslus Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.4%	71
1178	Avoca Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 7.8%	71
1180	Bardene Ext 2 Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 5.2%	71
1184	Barvallen Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 17.6%	71
1174	Belhar Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9%	71
1177	Bellaire Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	71
1192	Bergsig George, Western Cape 36.1%	71
1188	Beverly Hills Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.6%	71
1181	Beyerspark Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 5.2%	71
1187	Blompark Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.6%	71
1175	Bonteheuwel Cape Town, Western Cape 3%	71
1196	Boswelakgomo Mahikeng, North West	71
1199	Botshabelo Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1176	Casablanca Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	71
1193	Centerton Gqeberha, Eastern Cape 20.3%	71
1171	Chatsworth Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 14.7%	71

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.