How to read a UK liveability score (and when not to trust one)
Every UK property site offers some form of area score now. Most don't tell you the formula. Here's what ours actually means, where it's strong, and where it isn't.
Long-form pieces that go beyond a single neighbourhood page — methodology choices, ranked lists, data deep-dives. New articles every other week, written and edited by the same team that publishes the underlying data.
Every UK property site offers some form of area score now. Most don't tell you the formula. Here's what ours actually means, where it's strong, and where it isn't.
Median rent under £1,400/month, fastest direct train into central London under 25 minutes, safety score above the national median. Five neighbourhoods clear the bar this year.
GMP stopped publishing to data.police.uk in mid-2020 and the gap is still there. Here's how we filled it, why we chose an IMD-derived proxy, and what its limits are.
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