Urban Audit IV data compares quality of life across 12 large UK cities and a selection of other European cities. The dataset is published by the Office for National Statistics as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics. Data for UK cities are published alongside an article exploring the variety of data on offer.
Use Cases
- Benchmark UK city performance against European peers based on the variety of data described.
- Analyze urban quality of life dimensions suggested by the dataset's descriptive focus.
- Support policy development for UK cities using comparative European city data.
Strengths
- Data covers 12 large UK cities and a selection of other European cities.
- Published by the Office for National Statistics as Official Statistics.
- Explicitly designed to explore aspects of quality of life experienced in cities.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the selection of UK and European cities.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.735351; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- 12 large UK cities and a selection of other European cities