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

1330	Sivana Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 7.4%	71
1325	Soet Water Cape Town, Western Cape 10.6%	71
1331	Solheim Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 17.6% QoL 74	71
1323	Soneike Stellenbosch, Western Cape 6.9%	71
1345	Springbok Upington, Northern Cape	71
1324	Stellenberg Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	71
1346	Steynsrus Welkom, North West	71
1340	Suiderkruis George, Western Cape 36.1%	71
1329	Sun City Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	71
1337	Sunrise-on-Sea East London, Eastern Cape 4.8%	71
1333	Sydney On Vaal Kimberley, Free State 8.4%	71
1327	Technopark Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7%	71
1341	Tergniet George, Western Cape 36.1%	71
1348	Thakong Mahikeng, North West	71
1342	The Island George, Western Cape 36.1%	71
1334	The Oaks Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1350	Thohoyandou Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1332	Trevenna Pretoria, Gauteng 8.9%	71
1349	Tzaneen Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1328	Uitkyk Informal Settlement Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	71
1339	Van Dyksbaai Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.6%	71
1335	Vergenoeg Kimberley, Northern Cape 28.8%	71
1322	Vergesig Cape Town, Western Cape 11.4%	71
1338	Vincent Heights East London, Eastern Cape 18.2%	71
1336	Wes-Einde Kimberley, Northern Cape 28.8%	71
1326	Westlake Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9%	71
1343	Weston Gqeberha, Eastern Cape 20.3%	71
1344	Westview Heights East London, Eastern Cape	71
1347	Wilkoppies Klerksdorp, North West	71
1321	Woodstock Cape Town, Western Cape 17.1%	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.