Rankings

Top neighbourhoods — Worldwide

The best-scoring suburbs by category. 99,219 neighbourhoods ranked. Worldwide overall rankings require at least four evidenced score dimensions.

🌍 All 🇿🇦 ZA 9,327 🇬🇧 UK 41,792 🇺🇸 USA 29,603 🇩🇪 DE 10,813 🇳🇱 NL 7,684

Overall

99,219 ranked

1411	Sun City Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	71
1412	Sunrise-on-Sea East London, Eastern Cape 4.8% crime	71
1413	Sydney On Vaal Kimberley, Free State 8.4% crime	71
1414	Tatsi East London, Eastern Cape	71
1415	Teba East London, Eastern Cape	71
1416	Technopark Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7% crime	71
1417	Tergniet George, Western Cape 36.1% crime	71
1418	Thakong Mahikeng, North West	71
1419	The Island George, Western Cape 36.1% crime	71
1420	The Oaks Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1421	Thohoyandou Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1422	Thubalethu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1423	Trevenna Pretoria, Gauteng 8.9% crime	71
1424	Tsomo East London, Eastern Cape	71
1425	Tungo East London, Eastern Cape	71
1426	Tyutyu East London, Eastern Cape	71
1427	Tzaneen Tzaneen, Limpopo	71
1428	Uitkyk Informal Settlement Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	71
1429	Upper Mchubakazi East London, Eastern Cape	71
1430	Van Dyksbaai Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.6% crime	71
1431	Vergenoeg Kimberley, Northern Cape 28.8% crime	71
1432	Vergesig Cape Town, Western Cape 11.4% crime	71
1433	Vincent Heights East London, Eastern Cape 18.2% crime	71
1434	Wes-Einde Kimberley, Northern Cape 28.8% crime	71
1435	Westlake Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9% crime	71
1436	Weston Gqeberha, Eastern Cape 20.3% crime	71
1437	Wilkoppies Klerksdorp, North West	71
1438	Woodstock Cape Town, Western Cape 17.1% crime	71
1439	Zazulwana East London, Eastern Cape	71
1440	Zizamele East London, Eastern Cape	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. Worldwide overall rankings require at least four evidenced dimensions so a thin profile cannot outrank a well-supported one. Country-specific pages retain partial profiles and label them clearly. Each individual metric 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.