England Surface Water Flood Risk Summary for Properties and People

Environment Agency data from 2025 provides summary counts of properties and people at risk from surface water flooding in England. The dataset includes breakdowns by ONS Regions, River Basin Districts, Local Authorities, and other administrative boundaries. Raw values are presented and should be rounded to an appropriate level of precision for the chosen geographical area.

Use Cases

• Assess property exposure to surface water flooding based on counts of ground floor properties.
• Estimate population vulnerability based on counts of people in at-risk areas.
• Compare flood risk across administrative units based on breakdowns by Local Authorities and MP Constituencies.
• Inform regional flood defense planning based on summaries by River Basin Districts and Environment Agency Areas.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by seven distinct administrative and regional geographies, including Local Authorities and MP Constituencies.
• Includes three distinct summary metrics: number of properties, number of people, and number of ground floor properties at risk.
• Source is the authoritative Environment Agency with a copyright date of 2025.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 14:38:46.410018; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England