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

121	Helderzicht Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2% crime	82
122	Humerail Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
123	Kariega Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
124	Kirstenhof Cape Town, Western Cape 8.9% crime	82
125	Lyme Park Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% crime	82
126	Lynnwood Pretoria, Gauteng 6% crime QoL 83	82
127	Malanshof Johannesburg, Gauteng 9.1% crime QoL 80	82
128	Millard Grange Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
129	Môregloed Pretoria, Gauteng 6.3% crime QoL 68	82
130	Morkel's Cottage Informal Settlement Stellenbosch, Western Cape 25.9% crime	82
131	Morningside Manor Johannesburg, Gauteng QoL 76	82
132	Mount Croix Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
133	New Park Kimberley, Free State 16.3% crime	82
134	Newlands Johannesburg, Gauteng 6.4% crime QoL 62	82
135	Orlando East Johannesburg, Gauteng 8.9% crime QoL 58	82
136	Parkhurst Johannesburg, Gauteng 4.1% crime QoL 74	82
137	Perridgevale Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
138	Pine Acres Stellenbosch, Western Cape	82
139	Rietfontein Pretoria, Gauteng 6.2% crime QoL 58	82
140	Rietondale Pretoria, Gauteng 6.2% crime QoL 76	82
141	Rome Glen Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2% crime	82
142	Sea Breeze Stellenbosch, Western Cape	82
143	Somerset Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 26.8% crime	82
144	Somerset Park Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 21.8% crime	82
145	Victoria Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 10.2% crime	82
146	Vincent East London, Eastern Cape 2.6% crime	82
147	Walmer Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	82
148	Abbotsford Johannesburg, Gauteng 17.7% crime	81
149	Admiral's Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape	81
150	Anchorage Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape	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. 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.