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A measure of any UK postcode

Check an area before you view it, offer on it, or sign the tenancy. One transparent measure out of 100, from open government data. Free, and always will be.

How it is calculatedData sources
Aerial view of terraced houses and gardens in a UK neighbourhood
Photograph by Altaf Shah

What goes into the measure

All categories
  • Schools
  • Transport
  • Flood risk
  • Broadband
  • Housing market
  • Amenities
  • Green space
  • Healthcare access
  • Air quality
  • Council tax
  • Recorded crime
  • Energy certificates
  • Listed buildings
  • Road collisions
  • Radon
  • Clean air zone

  • Free, forever

    The public product is not a loss leader. There is no plan to put a paywall in front of a postcode report.

  • No listings

    We send you to Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. Competing with them on homes for sale is not the job.

  • No verdict on the place

    Bands describe published infrastructure and amenity provision, never desirability or the people who live there.

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The philosophy

Choosing where to live in the UK still means assembling the same picture from scratch, every time. One site for schools. Another for flood risk. Another for broadband. A spreadsheet for sold prices. The figures are all public. They are just scattered.

An honest picture of a postcode should not depend on who you know, which tabs you still have open, or how many websites you are willing to navigate.

So this site pulls those figures onto one page for any UK postcode, with a single measure you can put beside somewhere else. Before you view it, before you offer on it, before you sign the tenancy.

The measure is published infrastructure and amenity figures, not the people who live there. Every number is traceable to its source.

Check an area you already know

The fastest way to judge this is a postcode you already understand.

bythenumbers provides general information from published open data. It is not financial, legal, survey or property valuation advice, and figures may be out of date or incomplete. Always check anything that matters to your decision directly with the relevant authority. Methodology · Sources