Get to know any neighbourhood in England
This map brings together official data on every neighbourhood in England — how affluent it is, who lives there, what homes sell for and how good the local schools are — so you can compare places to live in one view.
Open the map →What you can do
- Search any postcode and see what that neighbourhood is like.
- Compare how affluent areas are, overall or on a single topic like crime or health.
- Find neighbourhoods that fit your budget and the kind of area you want.
- See what homes actually sold for, street by street, over the last 24 months.
- Check local schools and nurseries with their Ofsted ratings.
- Share any view — the link keeps the layer and area you picked.
The layers
Open the layers button on the map to switch between them. One layer colours the map at a time.
Affluence
Colours every neighbourhood by how it ranks against the rest of England, from decile 1 (least affluent 10%) to decile 10 (most affluent 10%). Pick 2025, 2019, or Change to see which areas moved up or down.
- Overall — all seven topics combined into one score.
- Income — share of people on low incomes, including means-tested benefits.
- Crime — risk of personal and property crime.
- Employment — working-age people involuntarily out of work.
- Education — attainment and skills of children and adults.
- Health — risk of early death and poor physical or mental health.
- Housing — housing affordability and distance to local services.
- Environment — housing quality, air quality and road safety.
Population
Shows the share of each neighbourhood in a group, from the 2021 Census.
- Households — families with children, couples without children, single adults under 66, retirees, and sharers & students. Each household is counted once.
- Tenure — homes that are owned, privately rented or socially rented.
- Demographics — people by ethnic group.
Affordability
Choose home types, a budget and a minimum affluence decile. Neighbourhoods turn blue where the median sale price over the last 24 months fits your budget and affluence meets your minimum, grey where they don't, and pale where there were fewer than 8 matching sales. Zoom in and tap Search house sales here to see each sale on the map, with its price, date and energy rating where available.
Education
Shows state schools, independent schools and nurseries. State school markers are coloured by their latest Ofsted rating. Tap a school for its details and pupil mix, and draw a radius around it to see the nearby area.
Always on the map
Rail, Tube, DLR, Overground, Elizabeth line, metro and tram stations, plus hospitals, police stations, prisons, airports, and airfields. Markers show location only — airfield markers don't indicate noise or flight paths.
Common questions
What does the affluence score measure?
Affluence uses the government's Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which ranks all 33,755 neighbourhoods in England across income, employment, education, health, crime, housing and services, and living environment. We show it the other way round: decile 1 is the least affluent 10% of neighbourhoods and decile 10 is the most affluent 10%.
How does the affordability match work?
Pick the home types you're interested in, a budget and a minimum affluence decile. Neighbourhoods are coloured blue when their median sale price over the last 24 months fits your budget and their affluence meets your minimum. Areas with fewer than 8 matching sales are shown pale, because a median from so few sales isn't reliable.
What is a neighbourhood on this map?
Each area is a Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA): a small statistical neighbourhood of roughly 1,000 to 3,000 people, using 2021 Census boundaries.
What does the Change view show?
Change compares each neighbourhood's decile in 2025 with 2019. Ranks are relative, so moving up means an area improved compared with the rest of England, not necessarily in absolute terms.
How do I check a postcode?
Type a postcode into the search box. The map zooms there and drops a pin; tap the neighbourhood to see its affluence, demographics and local details. Every view has its own link you can share.
Is the map free to use?
Yes, for personal use. The underlying open data is published by government bodies under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data sources
- English Indices of Deprivation 2025 & 2019 © MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Boundaries © ONS LSOA 2021.
- Demographics © ONS Census 2021 (household composition, tenure, ethnic group, country of birth).
- Property sales © HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright; postcode locations © OS Code-Point Open.
- Energy Performance Certificates © MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Schools © DfE Get Information About Schools, Ofsted; pupil demographics © DfE Schools, pupils and their characteristics and Special educational needs in England.
- Stations, train operators, hospitals, police stations, prisons, airports and airfields © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sites mapped as closed or disused are excluded; coverage may be incomplete and public access isn't verified.
Terms of use
- This map is free for personal, non-commercial use.
- Automated scraping, bots, bulk downloading or systematic extraction of data from this site is prohibited.
- The compiled map tiles, groupings, geocoded sales and presentation are protected by database right and copyright. Commercial re-use, re-hosting or resale requires written permission.
- Underlying open datasets remain available from their publishers under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Information is provided as-is, without warranty; check official sources before making decisions.