UK Data Sources

Comprehensive population data from Census 2021 covering age, ethnicity, health, qualifications, household composition and more. Accessed via the NOMIS API (NM_2021_1).

Scotland's census data covering population demographics, households and health at Data Zone level.

Business Register and Employment Survey data providing employment and economic activity breakdowns at LSOA level.

Economic activity data from Scotland's Census 2022 (table UV601). Covers employment, self-employment, unemployment and economic inactivity at Data Zone level.

Complete record of residential property sale prices in England and Wales, including property type, tenure, and whether new-build. Supports multi-year imports.

Street-level crime and anti-social behaviour data from all police forces in England and Wales. Includes crime category breakdowns and outcome data. Police.uk also covers Northern Ireland but NI data is not currently included.

Enterprise counts and local unit counts by industry sector at MSOA level. Provides insight into the business landscape and commercial activity of an area.

Enterprise counts by employment size band (micro, small, medium, large) at Intermediate Zone level for Scotland. Sourced from the same NOMIS dataset (NM_142_1) as the England & Wales business counts.

The official measure of relative deprivation in England (IoD25). Uses 2021 LSOA codes with 100% coverage. Covers seven domains: income, employment, education, health, crime, housing and living environment, plus supplementary indices (IDACI, IDAOPI).

The official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in Wales across eight domains including income, employment, health and education.

Scotland's official tool for identifying areas of multiple deprivation. Ranks Data Zones across seven domains including income, employment, health and education.

Register of schools, colleges and children's centres. We compute the nearest 10 schools for every postcode using a spatial grid index with OSGB36 coordinate transformation and Haversine distance calculations.

Postcode-level broadband coverage data (speed availability tiers, speed distribution bands, USO compliance) combined with Local Authority-level mobile coverage data (4G/5G indoor/outdoor availability). Data snapshot: July 2025.

Open geography data from the ONS used to map postcodes to statistical geographies including LSOAs, MSOAs, Local Authorities, regions, and coordinates. This is the foundation layer that links postcodes to all other data categories.

Open geographic data from Ordnance Survey used for postcode location referencing, administrative boundary mapping, and spatial analysis across Great Britain.