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216 graphs of London
Everything the city publishes that is worth drawing — grouped by what it measures.
Editorial data stories 20
View all storiesHousing · Story
The rent-pay trap
The same rent is a very different burden depending on where London pay lands.
Read storyPeople · Story
A child’s London
School eligibility, family income and overcrowding reveal different dimensions of pressure on children.
Read storyNHS · Story
How long London waits for care
Elective, diagnostic, emergency and community waits are separate queues with separate standards.
Read storyEnvironment · Story
Cooling the city
Tree canopy and green cover do not fall evenly across the neighbourhoods most vulnerable to heat.
Read storyMoney and business · Story
Where businesses form and disappear
Formation, dissolution and the live register answer three different questions about London business.
Read storyTransport · Story
London’s daily movement
People, vehicles and station entries are three different ways of counting movement.
Read storyHousing · Story
The housing pipeline
A target, an approval, a start and a completed home are not interchangeable stages.
Read storyPeople · Story
The unequal healthy-life gap
How long people live and how long they live in good health diverge sharply across London.
Read storyHousing · Story
A home without security
Rent, possession action, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping mark different points in London’s housing emergency.
Read storyHousing · Story
The cost of a warm home
Fuel poverty, damp, energy efficiency and consumption expose different parts of the struggle to keep a home warm.
Read storyTechnology · Story
Connected — and left behind
A network can pass the front door without being bought, affordable or fast enough inside it.
Read storyMoney and business · Story
When work does not cover London
Employment, claimant rates, resident earnings and rent burden move on different clocks.
Read storyTransport · Story
Who gets London’s streets?
Car ownership, traffic, cycle parking and road injury describe competing claims on the same space.
Read storyEnvironment · Story
The household footprint we can see
Bins, meters and certificates reveal parts of urban consumption—never the whole footprint.
Read storyMoney and business · Story
What councils choose
Budgets, outturn, reserves and council tax show different moments in local public finance.
Read storyPlace and memory · Story
The layers London keeps
Culture, listed buildings, heritage at risk and tree registers preserve four very different versions of place.
Read storyPeople · Story
Unequal in the everyday
Deprivation, school absence, anxiety and healthy life expectancy illuminate different scales of inequality.
Read storyNHS · Story
What a care rating can hide
A current label, an old inspection and no location-level rating are three different signals.
Read storyTransport · Story
The pass that started as a fail
A clean pass, a repair at the station and a later retest describe different MOT journeys.
Read storyHousing · Story
The price of money
Twenty-six years of London house prices against the cost of borrowing.
Read storyTransport30
Transport
Every bus in London
liveBus Open Data Service
Transport
What is on the river
liveAISStream
Transport
Every train moving right now
··trains
liveTfL API
Transport
Where the bikes are, right now
liveTfL BikePoint
Transport
The stations London leans on
annualLondon Datastore
Transport
Every recent road collision
annualDepartment for Transport — STATS19
Transport
Who gets hurt on the roads
annualDepartment for Transport — STATS19
Transport
Five years of collisions
annualDepartment for Transport — STATS19
Transport
Is the tube working right now
··severity
liveTfL API
Transport
How long you actually wait
··min
liveTfL API
Transport
Twenty years at the busiest stations
annualLondon Datastore
Transport
When each station peaks
weeklyTfL API
Transport
What is blocking the roads
··roads
liveTfL API
Transport
Tube Heartbeat — a week of London
liveTfL API
Transport
How London moves: mode share
censusONS Census
Transport
What changed on the roads
annualDepartment for Transport
Transport
Which London fails its MOT
Awaiting data
annualDVSA
Transport
Does London pass its MOT
annualDVSA
Transport
What London drives to the test centre
annualDVSA
Transport
Inside London's MOT-tested fleet
Awaiting data
annualDVSA
Transport
What London cars fail on
Awaiting data
annualDVSA
Transport
Which cars reach the test in best shape
Awaiting data
annualDVSA
Transport
Where the traffic is
annualDepartment for Transport
Transport
What is on the road
annualDepartment for Transport
Transport
London, right now
liveTfL JamCams
Transport
Lifts out of service
··lifts out
liveTfL API
Transport
Somewhere to leave the bike
annualTfL Cycling Infrastructure Database
Transport
Cycle parking by borough
annualTfL Cycling Infrastructure Database
Transport
The bicycle years
monthlyTfL / London Datastore
Transport
Car-free London
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
Housing33
Housing
The Price Machine
monthlyHM Land Registry
Housing
How many homes actually change hands
monthlyHM Land Registry
Housing
Detached, terraced, flat
monthlyHM Land Registry
Housing
First-time buyers and everyone else
monthlyHM Land Registry
Housing
A home, measured in years of pay
annualLand Registry · ONS
Housing
The price of a borough
monthlyHM Land Registry
Housing
What a council home costs
annualLondon Datastore
Housing
The protected city
monthlyPlanning Data (MHCLG)
Housing
Where protection concentrates
monthlyPlanning Data (MHCLG)
Housing
What grade
monthlyPlanning Data (MHCLG)
Housing
The short-let map
quarterlyInside Airbnb
Housing
Short lets by borough
quarterlyInside Airbnb
Housing
Whole homes or spare rooms
quarterlyInside Airbnb
Housing
Beyond ninety nights
quarterlyInside Airbnb
Housing
What London asks to build
dailyPlanning London Datahub
Housing
Approved, refused, withdrawn
dailyPlanning London Datahub
Housing
Where permission is easiest
dailyPlanning London Datahub
Housing
What else is protected
monthlyPlanning Data (MHCLG)
Housing
Protected, and failing
monthlyPlanning Data (MHCLG)
Housing
Where heritage is losing
monthlyPlanning Data (MHCLG)
Housing
What just sold
monthlyHM Land Registry
Housing
London's temporary-accommodation emergency
quarterlyMHCLG
Housing
Temporary accommodation by borough
quarterlyMHCLG
Housing
What homelessness duties achieve
quarterlyMHCLG
Housing
London's private-rent map
annualONS
Housing
Homes promised and built
quarterlyLondon Datastore
Housing
Affordable homes started and completed
quarterlyLondon Datastore
Housing
What affordable housing means in practice
quarterlyLondon Datastore
Housing
London's households
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
Housing
Overcrowded London
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
Housing
London's housing condition
annualMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing
Possession actions over time
quarterlyMinistry of Justice
Housing
Landlord possession pressure
quarterlyMinistry of Justice
Money26
Money
Companies born in London
annualCompanies House
Money
Where companies say they live
monthlyCompanies House
Money
Companies born, companies dissolved
annualCompanies House
Money
What London says it does
annualCompanies House
Money
How old are London's companies?
monthlyCompanies House
Money
Business diversity by postcode
monthlyCompanies House
Money
What London earns
annualONS
Money
Where the salaries are
annualONS
Money
The price of money
monthlyBank of England
Money
What a mortgage actually costs
monthlyBank of England
Money
What London pays men and women
annualGender Pay Gap Service
Money
How wide the gap gets
annualGender Pay Gap Service
Money
What moves through the gateways
monthlyHMRC uktradeinfo
Money
In through London, out through London
monthlyHMRC uktradeinfo
Money
Private rent versus resident pay
annualONS / Nomis
Money
What London's councils spend
annualMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Money
Council budget versus outturn
annualMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Money
Council reserves and borrowing
annualMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Money
Where council budgets go
annualMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Money
London's registered business sectors
monthlyCompanies House
Money
What each postcode district specialises in
monthlyCompanies House
Money
Where London's shops are
quarterlyOpenStreetMap contributors
Money
What London's shops sell
quarterlyOpenStreetMap contributors
Money
Where London's jewellery shops cluster
quarterlyOpenStreetMap contributors
Money
Who Universal Credit carries
monthlyDWP Stat-Xplore
Money
How far to the bank
annualFinancial Conduct Authority
Technology14
Technology
Where the fibre reaches
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
Built, but not bought
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
5G everywhere, almost
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
Gigabit London
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
The speeds London can order
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
Below superfast broadband
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
Indoor 4G, whichever network you use
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
Standalone 5G reaches London
annualOfcom Connected Nations
Technology
London's core technology businesses
annualNomis / ONS UK Business Counts
Technology
What London's core technology businesses do
annualNomis / ONS UK Business Counts
Technology
Cyber crime reported by London businesses
annualDSIT Cyber Security Breaches Survey
Technology
London's data-centre power demand
irregularGreater London Authority
Technology
Data centres in London's planning record
quarterlyPlanning London Datahub
Technology
Where technology companies register
monthlyCompanies House
Environment31
Environment
What the Thames is doing
liveEnvironment Agency
Environment
What London's electricity is made of
··%
liveNational Grid ESO
Environment
Where London eats safely
monthlyFood Standards Agency
Environment
The kitchens that failed
monthlyFood Standards Agency
Environment
Which kinds of kitchen fail
monthlyFood Standards Agency
Environment
The cleanest hour to use power
Awaiting data
liveNational Grid ESO
Environment
Rain across London
liveEnvironment Agency
Environment
Bad air, but bad with what
··DAQI
liveLondonAir
Environment
How kitchens fail
monthlyFood Standards Agency
Environment
How old is that rating
monthlyFood Standards Agency
Environment
Is the river behaving
··alerts
liveEnvironment Agency
Environment
What London breathes right now
liveLondonAir
Environment
How London heats
monthlyEPC register (MHCLG)
Environment
Warm boroughs and cold ones
monthlyEPC register (MHCLG)
Environment
Homes are getting warmer
monthlyEPC register (MHCLG)
Environment
The canopy
annualGLA / GiGL
Environment
Trees for a climate that is coming
annualGLA / GiGL
Environment
What London plants
annualGLA / GiGL
Environment
What each borough has counted
annualGLA / GiGL
Environment
The wild city
annualNBN Atlas
Environment
What gets recorded
annualNBN Atlas
Environment
London's commonest creatures
annualNBN Atlas
Environment
The unofficial air
liveSensor.Community
Environment
Fuel poverty, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
annualDESNZ
Environment
Home energy use by borough
annualDESNZ
Environment
Recycling by borough
annualDefra
Environment
Where London's waste goes
annualDefra
Environment
London's climate vulnerability
irregularGreater London Authority
Environment
How green is your ward?
irregularGreater London Authority
Environment
The air between the sensors
irregularGreater London Authority — LAEI 2022
Environment
The noise under London
irregularDefra strategic noise mapping
Aviation2
Night city1
Crime12
Crime
Recorded street crime by type
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
Who gets stopped and searched
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
Where bikes get stolen
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
What happens after a crime
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
Where the searches happen
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
What they were looking for
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
What a search produced
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
Bike theft, mapped & seasonal
monthlyPolice.uk
Crime
What the fire brigade attends
monthlyLondon Fire Brigade
Crime
How long the engine takes
monthlyLondon Fire Brigade
Crime
Where the brigade goes
monthlyLondon Fire Brigade
Crime
What kind of property
monthlyLondon Fire Brigade
NHS28
NHS
Where London is cared for
quarterlyCare Quality Commission
NHS
How good is care where you live
Awaiting data
quarterlyCare Quality Commission
NHS
The state of London's care
quarterlyCare Quality Commission
NHS
What London's care services support
Awaiting data
quarterlyCare Quality Commission
NHS
London NHS waits at a glance
monthlyNHS England / NHS ODS
NHS
One-year NHS waits
monthlyNHS England / NHS ODS
NHS
London acute NHS performance, month by month
monthlyNHS England / NHS ODS
NHS
The elective waiting list, specialty by specialty
monthlyNHS England RTT / NHS ODS
NHS
How long London’s elective list has waited
monthlyNHS England RTT / NHS ODS
NHS
Diagnostic waits across all 15 tests
monthlyNHS England diagnostics / NHS ODS
NHS
Diagnostic activity and waiting lists
monthlyNHS England diagnostics / NHS ODS
NHS
Long A&E waits by London trust
monthlyNHS England A&E / NHS ODS
NHS
A&E activity and pressure by trust
monthlyNHS England A&E / NHS ODS
NHS
London cancer waiting-time standards
monthlyNHS England Cancer Waiting Times
NHS
Faster cancer diagnosis by suspected cancer type
monthlyNHS England Cancer Waiting Times
NHS
Urgent suspected-cancer referrals seen
monthlyNHS England Cancer Waiting Times / NHS ODS
NHS
London’s community health waiting list
monthlyNHS England Community Health Services SitRep
NHS
Long waits for community health services
monthlyNHS England Community Health Services SitRep
NHS
Access to NHS-funded mental-health services
monthlyNHS England Mental Health Services Dataset
NHS
Children’s eating-disorder treatment waits
monthlyNHS England Mental Health Services Dataset
NHS
Who is still waiting for eating-disorder treatment
monthlyNHS England Mental Health Services Dataset
NHS
London Ambulance response times
monthlyNHS England Ambulance Quality Indicators
NHS
London ambulance handover times
monthlyNHS England Ambulance Quality Indicators
NHS
Daily winter bed pressure in London
weeklyNHS England UEC Daily SitRep
NHS
Influenza in London hospital beds
weeklyNHS England UEC Daily SitRep
NHS
What London is prescribed
monthlyNHS Business Services Authority
NHS
Antibiotic prescribing
monthlyNHS Business Services Authority / NHS England
NHS
Prescribing cost and volume
monthlyNHS Business Services Authority / NHS England
People39
People
9.1 million Londoners, by age
censusONS
People
What the world reads about London
dailyWikimedia
People
The most looked-up London
dailyWikimedia
People
Where culture happens
annualGLA Cultural Infrastructure Map
People
What kind of culture
annualGLA Cultural Infrastructure Map
People
Cultural boroughs
annualGLA Cultural Infrastructure Map
People
Ten and a half million
annualGLA demographic projections
People
Where the growth lands
annualGLA demographic projections
People
How long a Londoner gets
annualOHID Fingertips
People
How many of those years are good ones
annualOHID Fingertips
People
The four-year gap
annualOHID Fingertips
People
Year six
annualOHID Fingertips
People
Vaccination coverage across London
annualOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities
People
Smoking and physical activity
annualOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities
People
Preventable mortality
annualOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities
People
Dementia diagnosis
annualOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities
People
Children who are not in school
annualDepartment for Education
People
The ones who have stopped coming
annualDepartment for Education
People
How London says it feels
annualONS
People
The anxiety map
annualONS
People
The charities that survive
monthlyCharity Commission
People
Where the charity money is
monthlyCharity Commission
People
London, collected
monthlyV&A collections
People
Seen rough sleeping
monthlyCHAIN / GLA
People
Where people sleep rough
monthlyCHAIN / GLA
People
Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
irregularMHCLG
People
London's labour market
quarterlyNomis / ONS APS
People
The claimant rate by borough
monthlyNomis
People
London residents in work, by industry
quarterlyNomis / ONS APS
People
Londoners in work, by occupation
quarterlyNomis / ONS APS
People
Who lives in each neighbourhood
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
People
The languages of London
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
People
Disability and unpaid care
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
People
Qualifications across London
censusOffice for National Statistics / Nomis
People
Children on free school meals
annualDepartment for Education
People
Class sizes across London
annualDepartment for Education
People
Suspensions and exclusions
quarterlyDepartment for Education
People
London's alternative provision
annualDepartment for Education
People
London in motion
irregularONS Census 2021 origin–destination data