Data sources

Where our scores come from.

Every score you see is built on official, publicly accountable data — not opinion, not crowd-sourced ratings, and nothing we've made up. Here's what sits underneath the numbers.

Crime & safety

Recorded crime data from the Home Office and local police forces (police.uk), the same source used in official reporting.

Transport & connectivity

Journey times and network data from Transport for London, so connectivity reflects how you'd actually get around, not just distance on a map.

Traffic & quiet streets

Traffic-count data from the Department for Transport, alongside official road-network data that tells us each street's type and place in the network.

Schools

Ofsted ratings and Department for Education performance data, the recognised national standard for judging schools.

Property & the local market

HM Land Registry sold-price records, the definitive public record of what homes actually sell for.

Green space & environment

Official data on parks, open space, air quality and green cover from public environmental sources.

The neighbourhood itself

Census and Office for National Statistics data for the demographic and community picture.

We always use the most recent official release of each source. Different datasets update on their own schedules — some refresh often, others only every few years — so you're always seeing the latest version each publisher has made available.

What we don't do

We don't sell your data, and we don't let anyone pay to move up the rankings. The scores are the scores.