The following are a list of useful data sources:
- Census Data - Census Data, Office for National Statistics
The census takes place every 10 years. It provides a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. The available data covers a variety of topics including demography, education, health, disability and unpaid care, housing, the labour market and UK armed forces veterans.
- Population Estimates – Population Estimates, Office for National Statistics
Annual population estimates are available for various administrative and electoral geographies and for different population sub-groups, for example, estimates of the very old and estimates by marital status.
- Population Projections – Population Projections, Office for National Statistics
Projections of the future size and age structure of the population of the UK and its constituent countries. Based on mid-year population estimates and assumptions of future fertility, mortality and migration.
- Deprivation – Indices of Deprivation 2025, GOV.UK
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation in England and is part of a suite of outputs that form the Indices of Deprivation (IoD).
- Education Statistics - Explore Education Statistics - GOV.UK
Explore education statistics has been built by the Department for Education to make it easier to find, access, navigate and understand the range of education-related statistics and data available.
- Education Benchmarking - Local Authority Interactive Tool (LAIT), GOV.UK
An interactive dashboard for comparing data about children and young people across local authorities in England.
- Health Statistics – Fingertips, Department of Health & Social Care
Fingertips provide a rich source of indicators across a range of health and wellbeing themes. It allows users to browse indicators at different geographical levels, benchmark against regional or England averages and export data to use locally.
- Census and Labour Market Statistics - Nomis, Office for National Statistics
Nomis is provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The website provides statistics related to population, society and the labour market at national, regional and local levels.
- Crime Statistics - Crime in England and Wales, Office for National Statistics and police.uk
The first link provides details of crimes against households and people aged 16 years and over, using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime. Police recorded crime also includes crimes against businesses, society and children. The second link provides open data about crime and policing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland down to street-level.
- Data Benchmarking - LG Inform, Local Government Association
LG Inform brings together a range of key performance data for authorities, alongside contextual and financial information, in an online tool. Users can view data for over 6,600 individual items and make comparisons between different councils or groups of councils.