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

38	Ottery Cape Town, Western Cape 8.1%	85
40	Puntsville Cape Town, Western Cape 13.5%	85
37	Rondebosch East Cape Town, Western Cape 8.1%	85
32	Rosebank Johannesburg, Gauteng 19.1%	85
46	Somerset West Central Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	85
45	Van der Stel Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	85
59	Ashlea Gardens Pretoria, Gauteng 6%	84
34	Bantry Bay Cape Town, Western Cape 40%	84
49	Bene Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	84
52	Benmore Gardens Johannesburg, Gauteng	84
55	Bordeaux Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% QoL 77	84
53	Coronationville Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4%	84
41	Eden Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.6%	84
48	Jacques Hill Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	84
47	Kalamuda Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2%	84
35	Kenilworth Cape Town, Western Cape 16.7%	84
39	Kenwyn Cape Town, Western Cape 8.1%	84
60	Kimberley North Kimberley, Free State 16.3%	84
44	Lochnerhof Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	84
57	Lynnwood Glen Pretoria, Gauteng 6% QoL 79	84
58	Lynnwood Manor Pretoria, Gauteng 6%	84
56	Melrose Johannesburg, Gauteng 19.1%	84
50	Morning Side Extentions Johannesburg, Gauteng	84
31	Morningside Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 70	84
43	Park Estates Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	84
51	Parkmore Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 71	84
54	President Ridge Johannesburg, Gauteng 3.6% QoL 79	84
33	Randburg Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1%	84
42	Rome Estate (Kleinbos) Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9%	84
36	Rosebank Cape Town, Western Cape 21.6%	84

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.