Data sources
Every dataset used on this site, with its publisher, licence and the attribution text required by that licence. Updated whenever a new tool is added.
All datasets listed here are open data, published under licences that permit free use with attribution. Licence text is reproduced as required by each provider. Where a tool contacts an API directly, that API is also listed in the privacy statement.
| Dataset | Publisher | Licence | Required attribution | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOV.UK bank holidays | Cabinet Office | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | Working days calculator |
| Price Paid Data | HM Land Registry | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. | House prices dashboard |
| GB Postcode Area, Sector, District boundaries (2012) | GeoLytix, via Edinburgh DataShare | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Postal Boundaries © GeoLytix copyright and database right 2012. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2012. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2012. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2012. | House prices dashboard (map) |
| IPIP-NEO-120 personality items | International Personality Item Pool (Johnson, 2014) | Public domain | Items from the International Personality Item Pool (ipip.ori.org). | Personality profile |
| IPIP-NEO-120 population norms (Table A1) | Kajonius & Johnson (2019), Europe's Journal of Psychology | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | Kajonius, P. J., & Johnson, J. A. (2019). Assessing the structure of the Five Factor Model of Personality (IPIP-NEO-120) in the public domain. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 15(2), 260–275. | Personality profile |
| PISA 2018 Results, Volume III (growth mindset) | OECD | Cited figure (one published statistic) | OECD (2019), PISA 2018 Results (Volume III): What School Life Means for Students' Lives, OECD Publishing, Paris. | Personality profile |
| Real Time Flood Monitoring API | Environment Agency | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2024 | Postcode profile |
| Street-Level Crime API | Home Office / data.police.uk | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | Postcode profile |
| Carbon Intensity API | National Grid ESO / University of Oxford | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | Carbon intensity data from National Grid ESO / University of Oxford, licensed under CC BY 4.0 | Postcode profile |
| planning.data.gov.uk | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | Postcode profile |
| postcodes.io | Ideal Postcodes Ltd (data from ONS, OS, Royal Mail) | MIT (API); underlying data under OGL v3 / PAF Licence | Postcode data from the Office for National Statistics, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail | Multiple tools |
| Census 2021 (England & Wales) | Office for National Statistics | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | Postcode profile |
| English Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2019 | Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | Postcode profile |
| UK House Price Index | HM Land Registry / ONS | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2024 | Postcode profile |
| Natural Earth 1:110m land polygons | Natural Earth contributors | Public domain | No attribution required (public domain) | World time map |
| GeoNames cities15000 | GeoNames | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) | City data from GeoNames (geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 | World time map |
Licence notes
- Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3)
- You may copy, publish, distribute, transmit, adapt and exploit the information commercially and non-commercially, provided you include the required attribution text. Full licence text.
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- Share and adapt with attribution. Full licence text.
- Open Database Licence 1.0 (ODbL)
- Free to share, create works from and adapt the database, provided you share-alike and attribute. Used by OpenStreetMap data (not currently used on this site). Full licence text.
- MIT
- Permissive licence: retain the copyright notice. Full licence text.