Moving home guides
Practical, plain-English guides to researching an area before you move, and reading the official data without being misled by it.
- How to research an area before you move: a data-led checklist
The seven things worth checking before you commit, and where to get honest data on each.
- What crime statistics really tell you about an area (and what they don’t)
How to read recorded-crime data without being misled by raw counts or headline rankings.
- How to check flood risk before buying a house
What the free flood data covers, what it misses, and when you need an official search.
- Deprivation deciles (IMD) explained for homebuyers
What the deprivation decile on an area page means, and what it does not tell you.
- Ofsted ratings and school catchments: what buyers need to know
How to use Ofsted grades and catchments when a move is really about the schools.
City spotlights → See how crime, sold prices and deprivation vary across the postcodes of Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and other major cities.