The Young Foundation developed the Civic Strength Index in 2021, co-created with Londoners and funded by the Greater London Authority. A third iteration with updated data was released by GLA City Intelligence in 2025, following a methodology review by WPI Economics. The index helps boroughs and organizations assess and discuss community strengths.
Use Cases
- Compare civic strength across London boroughs based on the index's composite score.
- Identify neighbourhoods for targeted community-building programs based on index scores.
- Support policy discussions on social resilience using the co-created index framework.
- Track changes in community strength over time using the 2021, 2023, and 2025 index versions.
Strengths
- Methodology was reviewed by WPI Economics for robustness.
- Data has been updated three times, with the latest release in 2025.
- Co-designed and co-created with Londoners for community relevance.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Freshness should be verified as the underlying source data's collection period is unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Greater London Authority (GLA City Intelligence), The Young Foundation
- Collection Method
- Co-designed with Londoners; index construction methodology detailed in accompanying notes.
- Time Range
- Index versions from 2021, 2023, and 2025.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 12:00:33.818735
- Geography
- London boroughs and neighbourhoods.