UK area intelligence

An intelligence report for every UK postcode.

Type a place. Pick why you're looking. Seven public datasets do the rest.

Pick your intent
How it works

A postcode to a full read, in four steps.

Step 01

Type a place.

A UK postcode, a city, or a town. Autocomplete pins the exact neighbourhood before anything else runs.

Manchester
found
North West · urban · neighbourhood pinned
01moving homeactive
02opening a business
03property investing
04market research
Step 02

Pick why you're looking.

Moving home, opening a business, property investing, or market research. Each reads the same area through a different lens.

Step 03

We gather the evidence.

Crime, schools, transport, amenities, deprivation, property prices, flood risk. All public, all at once.

Crime
Deprivation
Amenities
Flood risk
Property
Schools
Manchester · moving home84/100

Strong fit.

Safety & Crime
80
Schools & Education
95
Transport & Commute
95
Daily Amenities
95
Cost of Living
58
Step 04

Out comes a report.

A score, five weighted dimensions with plain-English reasoning, a narrative read, and specific recommendations.

The intents

Four readings for four situations.

Each intent replaces the dimensions and reweights the data. Pick the lens that matches what you're doing. The engine does the rest.

01

moving home

What a buyer or renter needs to know about a neighbourhood before they commit to a viewing or a tenancy.

Scored on
  • Safety & Crime
  • Schools & Education
  • Transport & Commute
  • Daily Amenities
  • Cost of Living
02

opening a business

What an operator needs before they sign a lease: footfall, competition, and the cost of holding the space.

Scored on
  • Foot Traffic & Demand
  • Competition Density
  • Transport & Access
  • Local Spending Power
  • Commercial Costs
03

property investing

What a capital allocator weighs when sizing up a buy-to-let or a development opportunity.

Scored on
  • Price Growth
  • Rental Yield
  • Regeneration
  • Tenant Demand
  • Risk Factors
04

market research

The balanced, neutral read for analysts, agents, and journalists writing about an area.

Scored on
  • Safety & Crime
  • Transport Links
  • Amenities & Services
  • Demographics
  • Environment & Quality
Who uses it · why use it

Who uses it.

Built for anyone making a location decision, from first-time buyers to property funds. Hours of research, in seconds.

Home Buyers

Evaluate safety, school catchments, and commute times before choosing where to live.

Property Investors

Compare rental yields, price growth, and regeneration potential across areas.

Estate Agents

Create data-backed area briefings for client viewings and property listings.

Business Owners

Assess foot traffic, competition, and local spending power before opening.

Why use it.

Not another postcode lookup. We score, weigh, and explain. For your specific use case.

Intent-driven scoring

Same area, different scores for moving, investing, or opening a business. Most tools give you one generic view.

Transparent methodology

Scores computed from real public data using transparent formulas. Same postcode, same score, every time.

AI that reads the data

Numbers tell you what. Our engine explains why: plain English, tailored to your situation, with specific recommendations.

Developer API

A REST API with Bearer auth. Embed area intelligence into property platforms, CRM tools, and relocation apps.

For businesses

The same engine, inside your product.

Ship area intelligence in under fifty lines. A REST API and a drop-in widget, both returning the same read.

01 · REST API

Bearer auth. JSON out.

Call any UK postcode with an intent. Get scores, dimensions, reasoning, and source citations back as structured JSON. Same payload that renders on this site.

  • Four intents. Five weighted dimensions per intent
  • Source attribution on every dimension
  • Tiered plans from free to enterprise
LivePOST /v1/score
$ curl https://api.area-iq.co.uk/v1/score \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer aiq_live_••••" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "postcode": "M1 1AD", "intent": "moving" }'

# 200 OK
{
  "area":       "Manchester, M1",
  "intent":     "moving",
  "verdict":    "Strong fit",
  "score":      84,
  "dimensions": [ … ],
  "narrative":  "Manchester's M1 is …",
  "sources":    [ 7 ]
}
realestate.co.uk/listing/manchester-m1-apartments
2-Bed Apartment · M1 1AD
Northern Quarter, Manchester · £1,450 pcm
listing photos
OneGoodArea · for moving
M1 1AD
84
Strong fit
out of 100
Safety
72
Transport
91
Amenities
88
Schools
81
Cost
78
<area-iq postcode="M1 1AD" intent="moving" />
02 · Drop-in widget

One script tag. Zero backend.

For property platforms, relocation apps, and CRM tools. Drop a single tag next to a listing and show the area read in context.

  • Light or dark theme, or matched to your brand
  • Responsive from 280px upwards. No layout shift
  • Same engine, same data, same narrative
Start

One postcode. The full read.

Type a UK place, pick why you're looking, and get the intelligence report in seconds.

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