Place Explorer — UK Deprivation, Demographics & Place-Based Profiles

Free place-based profiling tool for the United Kingdom. Enter any postcode to instantly get deprivation indices, Census 2021 demographics, GVA, employment data and social cohesion scores. Built by Rose Regeneration and Social Value Engine.

What it does

Place Explorer combines multiple official government datasets to generate instant, free place profiles for any UK postcode or local authority area — used by policy teams, researchers, grant writers, housing associations, NHS integrated care boards, charities, and social value practitioners.

Data sources

IMD 2025 — English Index of Multiple Deprivation: income, employment, education, health, crime, housing and living environment at LSOA level
WIMD 2019 — Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation
SIMD 2020 — Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
NIMDM 2017 — Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure
Census 2021 — Age, ethnicity, economic activity, qualifications, tenure, social grade and health (England & Wales)
Community Life Survey — Social cohesion, volunteering, trust and loneliness at local authority level
GVA — Gross Value Added per head at local authority level (ONS)
BRES — Business Register and Employment Survey: industry-level employee counts (2019 and 2024)
Rural-Urban Classification — ONS/Defra classification at LSOA and MSOA level

Key features

Postcode lookup with deprivation decile, domain scores, and national/regional percentile context
All four UK nations — England (IMD 2025), Wales (WIMD), Scotland (SIMD), Northern Ireland (NIMDM)
Local authority dashboards with population pyramids and demographic breakdowns
Side-by-side area comparison for up to multiple local authorities
Interactive choropleth map with LSOA-level deprivation shading
Employment data by industry sector with 2019–2024 change analysis
Social cohesion indicators: community belonging, volunteering rates, loneliness, trust in neighbours
Insights panel identifying statistical anomalies and cross-dataset patterns