Compare every local authority by deprivation, welfare, crime, health and local context
Search an area, click a district, or open the highest-pressure list. The selected area card shows the rank, main pressure signals, data caveats and share tools.
Enter a postcode to see a live Police.uk outcome summary for that area and the nearest matched NHS trust from the fortnightly NHS provider snapshot. Crime data carries caveats. NHS matching is trust-level, not every hospital site.
England postcodes can show both NHS and crime. Wales can show crime only. Scotland and Northern Ireland will show why Police.uk is unavailable. NHS trust search uses the latest fortnightly trust snapshot.
Police.uk gives a useful local crime signal, but not a clean charge or conviction rate. It shows crime volume plus the latest matched published outcome category where one exists, and some postcodes return thinner matching than others.
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Data sources:
■ English IMD 2025 — GOV.UK MHCLG (Oct 2025)
■ Claimant Count — NOMIS (live, monthly)
■ Benefit and disability pressure — DWP Stat-Xplore (monthly cache)
■ Recorded crime — Home Office CSP snapshot (cached, England only while Wales matching is added)
■ IMD 2019 vs 2025 trend — GOV.UK MHCLG (static embed, no updates needed)
■ Wales/Scotland/NI — ONS estimates
■ Recorded crime layer — latest matched Home Office CSP snapshot for England; unavailable areas fail closed ● Cached snapshots — refreshed by the site pipeline
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Interactive Decline MapClick any district to load the area card
Colour layer follows the left rail
Map layerOverall Decline
Highest pressure areas
Composite scoreOfficial deprivation, claimant, NHS and mortality signals set the base score. Cached welfare pressure is added where the snapshot is available. Cost-pressure layers stay separate.
PIP under reviewPIP layers remain visible for comparison. PIP counts are not used in the composite score while the disability snapshot is being validated.
CoverageEnglish IMD is official. Recorded crime uses the latest matched Home Office CSP snapshot for England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland show only layers with source-backed local data.