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A Tale of Four Nations: Deprivation Across the UK
Data 21 Jun 2026

A Tale of Four Nations: Deprivation Across the UK

Each UK nation measures deprivation its own way. We brought all four official indices together to show the most and least deprived corners of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Britain's Road Collision Hotspots, Mapped
Data 21 Jun 2026

Britain's Road Collision Hotspots, Mapped

We mapped every recorded road collision in Great Britain to postcode areas to find where, relative to the people who live there, the roads see the most crashes.

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The GP Gap: England's Best and Worst Served Areas
Data 21 Jun 2026

The GP Gap: England's Best and Worst Served Areas

Using NHS organisation data we counted the GP surgeries in every English postcode area and weighed them against population to find where a doctor is easiest, and hardest, to come by.

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The Greying Map: Britain's Oldest and Youngest Areas
Data 21 Jun 2026

The Greying Map: Britain's Oldest and Youngest Areas

Census 2021 age data, mapped by postcode area, reveals a sharp split between the retirement coast and the young commuter suburbs.

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Where England's Outstanding Schools Cluster
Data 21 Jun 2026

Where England's Outstanding Schools Cluster

We took every Ofsted-rated school in England and worked out, area by area, what share carry the top grade of Outstanding. The map is sharper than you might expect.

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