Every dataset behind every number.
33 official UK datasets, grouped by what they tell us about a place. Each row links to the publisher, the licence, the refresh cadence, and the geography level the data is published at.
Last refresh: April 2026 · See /changelog for what changed.
Rent, salary & affordability
Median rent prices and resident salaries — the inputs to our rental affordability score and to all rent-displaying pages.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private rental prices (PIPR) Median monthly rent by bedroom count and property type. | ONS | council area | Quarterly · April 2026 ingest |
| Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) Mean and median resident + workplace earnings, hourly and annual. | ONS | council area | Annual · 2025 release |
Property prices & sales
Sale prices and the inputs to our rental yield + price-to-earnings derivations.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price Paid Data Every residential transaction in England + Wales. We aggregate to local area medians. | HM Land Registry | Address-level | Monthly · April 2026 |
| House Price Index (HPI) Smoothed price index by property type plus year-on-year change. | HM Land Registry | council area | Monthly · April 2026 |
Crime
Geocoded crime incidents normalised to per-1,000-resident annual rates, plus the IMD-derived proxy that fills the Greater Manchester gap.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| data.police.uk Open Data Excludes Greater Manchester from mid-2020 onward. | Home Office / individual forces | Geocoded incident → local area | Monthly · 12-month rolling window |
| English Indices of Deprivation 2019 — Crime score Used as Greater Manchester crime proxy — see /methodology/scoring/safety. | MHCLG (now DLUHC) | local area | 2019 (no newer release) |
Schools
Ofsted ratings + GIAS school register; spatial fan-out gives every local area a within-2km school count weighted by rating.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted school inspection ratings | Ofsted | School-level latest inspection | Termly · April 2026 |
| Get Information About Schools (GIAS) | DfE | School-level lat/lng + URN | Daily · April 2026 |
Transport
Rail station locations, regional metro stops and DfT public-transport job-access matrices.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Rail Open Data Station and timetable feeds only. We do NOT republish RDG fares — fares carry a separate paid commercial licence. | Network Rail / Rail Delivery Group | Station-level lat/lng + CRS | Quarterly |
| TfL Unified API Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016. Geomni UK Map data © and database rights 2019. | Transport for London | Stop-level (London tube/Overground/DLR/Elizabeth) | Live |
| OSM Overpass — UK regional metros | OpenStreetMap contributors | Stop-level (Manchester Metrolink, Sheffield Supertram, NET, Tyne & Wear, Edinburgh Trams, Glasgow Subway) | Live · April 2026 snapshot |
| Journey Time Statistics (JTS) | Department for Transport | local area → key services (jobs, schools, GPs, hospitals) | Annual · 2025 |
| TTIS national rail timetable | Network Rail SCHEDULE feed | local area → 10 named hubs (London / Manchester / Birmingham / Leeds / Liverpool / Bristol / Sheffield / Edinburgh / Glasgow / Cardiff) | Daily · April 2026 snapshot |
Demographics, tenure & census
Census 2021 tables for England + Wales — age, ethnicity, religion, country of birth, household types, qualifications, occupation, economic activity.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census 2021 nomisweb tables TS-series: TS007a age, TS021 ethnic group, TS030 religion, TS061 travel-to-work, TS041 households, TS054 tenure. | ONS | local area + neighbourhood depending on table | Static · 2021 |
| ONS local area / neighbourhood mid-year population estimates | ONS | local area + neighbourhood | Annual · 2024 release |
Deprivation
English Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) — overall score, decile and the seven sub-domains (income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers, environment).
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Indices of Deprivation 2019 | MHCLG (now DLUHC) | local area | 2019 (next release expected 2026) |
Energy efficiency (EPC)
Energy Performance Certificate ratings — current and potential — used in liveability scoring and for utility-cost estimates.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPC bulk download We ingest only the OGL-licensed non-address fields (rating, UPRN, postcode). Address strings (Address1/2/3) carry Royal Mail PAF + OS sub-licences and are never stored or displayed. | MHCLG / DESNZ | Address-level → local area aggregation | Daily · April 2026 snapshot |
Broadband & mobile coverage
Ofcom Connected Nations — premises gigabit-capable, full-fibre availability and outdoor-any-network 5G coverage.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 | Ofcom | council area + neighbourhood (varies by metric) | Annual · 2025 |
Council tax & fuel poverty
DLUHC council tax rates (England) and DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty estimates. Welsh equivalents from StatsWales / Welsh Government.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Tax levels by authority | DLUHC | council area | Annual · 2025/26 |
| VOA Council Tax band counts | Valuation Office Agency | council area + local area | Annual |
| Sub-regional fuel poverty | DESNZ | local area (England); StatsWales for Wales | Annual · 2025 |
Labour market & jobs
Workplace job counts, sector mix and unemployment — feeds the economy section on every council area/neighbourhood page.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRES (Business Register and Employment Survey) | ONS via nomisweb | council area + by SIC sector | Annual · 2024 release |
| Claimant Count | DWP via nomisweb | council area | Monthly · April 2026 |
Housing supply
Net additional dwellings, housing starts, completions and pipeline ratios at council area level.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing supply: net additional dwellings | DLUHC | council area | Annual · 2024/25 |
| House building: starts and completions | DLUHC | council area | Quarterly · Q4 2025 |
Environment & health
Greenspace access, air quality, NHS GP / dentist / hospital catchments, and the AHAH (Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards) index.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| OS Open Greenspace | Ordnance Survey | Polygon-level | Quarterly · April 2026 |
| Defra Background mapping concentrations | Defra UK-AIR | 1km raster sampled at local area centroid | Annual · 2024 modelled |
| NHS Digital — GP practice register + workforce | NHS Digital | Practice-level lat/lng | Quarterly · April 2026 |
| CQC dentist register | Care Quality Commission | Provider-level | Live |
| AHAH 2022 Citation: Daras K, Green MA, Davies A, Barr B, Singleton A (2019) Open data on health-related neighbourhood features in Great Britain. Scientific Data 6, 107. | Consumer Data Research Centre | local area | Static · 2022 |
| Environment Agency Flood Map | Environment Agency | Polygon-level → local area modal zone | Quarterly · April 2026 |
Geography & boundaries
The reference geometries that everything else joins to.
| Dataset | Publisher | Granularity | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONS Geography Portal — local area + neighbourhood + council area boundaries 2021 | ONS | Polygon-level | 2021 + 2024 council area updates |
| ONS Postcode Directory Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right. Northern Ireland (BT) postcodes are filtered out at query time — NI requires a separate LPSNI commercial licence we do not hold. | ONS | Postcode unit centroids → local area / neighbourhood / council area | Quarterly · February 2026 |
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