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

212	Gordon's Bay Stellenbosch, Western Cape	80
223	Greenways Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	80
230	Harmelia Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 3.8%	80
231	Highway Gardens Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 3.8%	80
227	Homestead Park Johannesburg, Gauteng 26%	80
240	Humerail Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	80
238	Kariega Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	80
236	Labram Kimberley, Free State 16.3%	80
224	Longlands Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	80
235	Magalieskruin Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 75	80
232	Magaliessig Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.9% QoL 73	80
222	Mansfield Estate Stellenbosch, Western Cape	80
237	Millard Grange Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	80
221	Morgenster Hoogte Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	80
239	Mount Croix Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	80
211	Observatory Cape Town, Western Cape 21.6%	80
213	Paarden Eiland Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9%	80
218	Parelvallei Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	80
233	Parktown North Johannesburg, Gauteng 19.1%	80
226	Paulshof Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 76	80
215	Pinati Cape Town, Western Cape 8.1%	80
219	Proteaville Stellenbosch, Western Cape 11.4%	80
225	Red Hill Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 7.8%	80
228	Robertsham Johannesburg, Gauteng 13.3% QoL 68	80
220	Robinvale Cape Town, Western Cape	80
217	Rugby Cape Town, Western Cape 36%	80
214	Sanddrift Cape Town, Western Cape 10.4%	80
234	Silverton Pretoria, Gauteng QoL 70	80
216	Simon's Town Cape Town, Western Cape 5.3%	80
229	Sophiatown (Triomf) Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4%	80

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.