AreaScout
Area Scout

Know before you move.

Every neighbourhood in England & Wales, scored across 21 factors — house prices, crime, schools, flood risk, transport, broadband and more. Built entirely on open government data.

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36,000

neighbourhoods

21

factors scored

England & Wales

full coverage

Open government data

no editorial scoring

Free vs Pro

Free

£0 / no account needed

  • Full map — 21 factors across 36,000 neighbourhoods
  • Composite score for every area in England & Wales
  • Search any postcode, outcode or town
  • Personalisation quiz — 3 questions to set your weights
  • Local-relative scores — find the best streets within your target area
  • Share links — send your exact view to anyone
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Pro

£5.99/mo · £39/yr

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Full factor breakdown per neighbourhood
  • Manual factor weights and custom scoring presets
  • Compare any two areas side by side
  • Personalised scoring presets

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How it works

Street-level detail, nationwide

Every score maps to a Lower Super Output Area — roughly a few streets, around 1,500 residents. That's 36,000 areas across England and Wales, each with individual scores for all 21 factors. City-level averages hide the variation that matters most when you're choosing where to live.

Your priorities, not ours

Every factor is equally weighted by default, but your priorities are rarely equal. Turn up School Quality if you're moving with children. Raise Flood Safety if you're buying on a floodplain. The composite score recalculates instantly. Answer 3 questions to have weights set automatically, or fine-tune manually.

Data you can trust

Every factor comes from an authoritative open-data source: the Land Registry, Ofsted, the Environment Agency, DEFRA, Ofcom, the Met Office, and others. No user reviews, no editorial scoring. All raw data is published under open government licences — you can check the methodology for every factor on the Data Sources page.

How scores work

Each factor is a percentile rank from 0 to 100 across all LSOAs in England and Wales. A score of 100 is the best-ranked neighbourhood for that factor; 0 is the worst. “Lower is better” factors — crime, house prices, flood risk, road noise — are inverted so that higher always means better.

The composite score is a weighted average of all the factors you have enabled. Neighbourhoods missing data for a particular factor are excluded from that factor’s weight, not penalised.

Full source details, raw value definitions, data vintages, and known issues for every factor are on the Data Sources page.

FAQ

Do I need an account to use the free version?

No — the free map, scoring, and weighting tools work with no account and no sign-up. You only need an account to upgrade to Pro.

What's the difference between monthly and annual billing?

Monthly is £5.99/mo. Annual is £39/yr — equivalent to about £3.25/mo, a saving of roughly 45%. Both unlock the same Pro features.

Can I cancel Pro?

Yes — cancel any time from your account settings. Your Pro access continues until the end of your billing period. No contracts, no lock-in.

Is my payment secure?

Payments are processed by Stripe — we never see or store your card details. We only keep your Stripe customer ID and subscription status.

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  • Full factor breakdown for every area
  • Compare two areas side by side
  • Personalised factor weights and presets

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