Non profits of all sizes are always looking for reliable, up to date community insight data to inform their activities, provide a benchmark for evaluation and make a case to supporters.

Here is a round up of local insight resources – if you know of any others you would be happy to share please email them in.

Overview
Office for National Statistics Geographic Areas – facts and figures about areas in the UK including population, identity, housing, employment, education and health: https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/areas/

OCSI Local Insight – online statistical mapping tool: https://explore-local.communityinsight.org/

Sport England – demographic data mapping and area profiles: https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/tools/local-area-insights

Culture
Audience Agency Audience Answers – cultural audiences data including free mapping tool: https://www.audienceanswers.org/login

Active Lives Survey’s map: https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/data-map-reveals-levels-arts-engagement-across-england

Arts Council England annual investment per capita: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/FArbA/4/?wmode=transparent

Crime
Youth Justice Hub Youth Justice Maps – local data mapping tools including children cautioned and court sentences, proven offences and cautions and court sentences: https://yjresourcehub.uk/data/item/975-local-data-mapping-tool-youth-justice-maps-youth-justice-board-january-2021.html

Crime Rate – interactive UK crime map aggregating data from every police force in the UK (except Manchester): https://crimerate.co.uk/crime-map

Crown Prosecution Service hate crime data – including data tables of prosecutions by area:
https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/publication/hate-crime-data

Deprivation
IMD Postcode Checker – look up the Index of Multiple Deprivation rank for a list of postcodes: https://www.fscbiodiversity.uk/imd/

Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Goverment – deprivation data by postcode or local authority: https://imd-by-postcode.opendatacommunities.org/imd/2019

Digital
Tech Partnership heat map – digital exclusion heat map http://heatmap.thetechpartnership.com/

London digital exclusion map – https://gis2.london.gov.uk/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=44fd21710d444f9b88604eb726fb678e

Lloyds Bank Consumer Digital Index – reports and data tables on UK’s digital and financial lives, including Essential Digital Skills benchmark: https://www.lloydsbank.com/banking-with-us/whats-happening/consumer-digital-index.html

Disability
UK wide Blue Badge parking map: https://bluebadgeparking.com/view/49.996597%2C-15.983594%2C58.196316%2C10.383594/road

2021 Census – Disability Map: https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/health/disability-age-standardised/disability-4a/disabled-under-the-equality-act-day-to-day-activities-limited-a-lot?lad=E06000043

Health & Wellbeing
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities – local health mapping tool, charts, area profiles and reports https://www.localhealth.org.uk/

University of Sheffield & Food Foundation – UK local food insecurity map https://shefuni.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/interactivelegend/index.html?appid=8be0cd9e18904c258afd3c959d6fc4d7

Community Life Survey Results – Identity & Social Networks, Wellbeing & Loneliness, Neighbourhood & Community, Civic Engagement & Social Action, Volunteering & Charitable Giving
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-survey-202122/community-life-survey-202122-wellbeing-and-loneliness

Age UK – Loneliness heat map https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/policy-research/loneliness-research-and-resources/loneliness-maps/

School Pupils:
Ofsted – information about schools’ pupil population (SEN, free school meals and EAL) https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/

School Dash – school statistics at national, regional and local levels  https://www.schooldash.com/maps.html