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

140	Malanshof Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% QoL 80	82
148	Môregloed Pretoria, Gauteng 6.3% QoL 68	82
133	Morkel's Cottage Informal Settlement Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	82
141	Morningside Manor Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 76	82
149	New Park Kimberley, Free State 16.3%	82
142	Newlands Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4% QoL 62	82
143	Orlando East Johannesburg, Gauteng 8.9% QoL 58	82
122	Parkhurst Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.1% QoL 74	82
131	Pine Acres Stellenbosch, Western Cape	82
146	Rietfontein Pretoria, Gauteng 6.2% QoL 58	82
147	Rietondale Pretoria, Gauteng 6.2% QoL 76	82
126	Rome Glen Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	82
130	Sea Breeze Stellenbosch, Western Cape	82
135	Somerset Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	82
137	Somerset Park Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 21.8%	82
150	South End Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
134	Victoria Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	82
138	Abbotsford Johannesburg, Gauteng 17.7%	81
132	Admiral's Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape	81
129	Anchorage Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape	81
144	Atholl Gardens Johannesburg, Gauteng 16.4%	81
128	Bay Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape	81
127	Beaulieu Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8%	81
139	Booysens Reserve Johannesburg, Gauteng 13.3%	81
125	Briza Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	81
136	Broadway Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 21.8%	81
121	Bryanston Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% QoL 74	81
123	Camps Bay Cape Town, Western Cape 40%	81
145	Craighall Park Johannesburg, Gauteng 19.1% QoL 68	81
124	Die Boord Stellenbosch, Western Cape 16.7%	81

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.