Articles filed under Data Studies
We broke down millions of police crime reports by type to find out what crime in Britain actually looks like. The answer is very different from the burglaries and robberies that dominate our fears, and shoplifting has surged up the list.
Read MoreWe matched house prices against the distance from every postcode area to its nearest railway station. Homes within a kilometre of a station carry a clear price premium, but the relationship has a twist that catches most people out.
Read MoreWe went through the records of more than 30,000 schools to answer the questions parents actually ask. How many are rated Outstanding? How many are faith schools? Are single-sex schools really dying out? The data has some clear answers.
Read MoreWe measured the distance from every populated postcode district in Britain to its nearest railway station. Nine in ten people live within ten kilometres of a platform, but a handful of sizeable towns sit more than forty kilometres from the nearest train.
Read MoreUsing the official English Indices of Deprivation, we ranked postcode districts from the most to the least deprived. The gap between a seaside town in Lancashire and the commuter belt of Surrey is wider than most people imagine.
Read MoreWe mapped the birthplaces of more than 17,000 notable Britons against the towns they came from. London leads, of course, but the league table of which places produce the famous holds a few real surprises.
Read MoreWe put a different UK postcode under the microscope every day at 12:30, and post every new data study as it lands. Follow along on Facebook.
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