Brum Data

We’ve compiled a list of as many data sets about Birmingham available and downloadable online as possible, separated into categories. To add to this list please leave a comment below.

GENERAL

Be Heard – Birmingham consultation database

Birmingham city council forthcoming meetings and committees

Fix My Street for Birmingham

Freepost addresses

Ward open space plans – 39 districts

RSS feeds for West Midlands information across all subjects

List of data sets by topic (inc Crime&safety, economic deprivation, health and care, and housing, for Birmingham from National Statistics. NB some of the data is outdated by 4-8 years

Be Birmingham

Be Birmingham has launched a new site which will allow access to hundreds of data sets, searchable by postcode area and with the ability to draw out unique sets from those already given. The site address is http://local.bebirmingham.org.uk/

Data sets on West Midlands Regional Observatory

The West Midlands Regional Observatory stores 220 dataset downloads on the following topics. Each topic has roughly 2-5 downloads and is easily navigated from their site. Here’s a pipe for the feed of all updates to the site. Or here’s a slimmer one (thanks to Gavin Wray) of just the data sets.

• Contextual monitoring for urban and rural renaissance
• Cross-cutting skills issues across sectors
• Economic impact of migrant workers in the West Midlands
• Economic inclusion research
• Economic strategy and monitoring framework
• Energy strategy monitoring
• Enterprise and innovation research
• Environmental skills technology review
• Graduate employment in the West Midlands
• Indices of deprivation
• Investment in skills by Employers
• Leitch Research
• Low carbon economy
• Measuring the scale of challenge
• Raising aspirations research
• Recession monitoring
• Regional Lifestyle Survey 2005

Audit Commision

The Audit Commission have launched a new website – OnePlace – to store independent information. The website shows Comprehensive Area Assessment data for  six independent inspectorates.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

Here are a number of data sets received after freedom of information requests to Birmingham City Council:

• General FOI requests to BCC
• Unoccupied residential council buildings (RSS) – correspondance
• Long term unoccupied commercial premises in Birmingham City Council area
• CCTV cameras controlled by West Midlands Travel executive – correspondance
• Birmingham car clamping/removal policy and enforcement – correspondance
• Parking ticket data
• Car parks under council control (RSS) – pdf

POLICE/CRIME

West Midlands Police

• Monthly performance summary by region (with chart explanations)
• Financial information
• Crime statistics
• Requesting a document

Local Crime figures for 2008/2009

HEALTH

Community Health Profiles

Provides a snapshot to the health profile of each local authority, including Birmingham:
http://www.apho.org.uk/default.aspx?QN=P_HEALTH_PROFILES

West Midlands Public Health Observatory
http://www.wmpho.org.uk/

NHS application for developers

EDUCATION

List of secondary schools

List of primary schools

Mode of transport for pupils with distances

ECONOMICS

Marketing Birmingham

http://www.marketingbirmingham.com/resources/research/
Marketing Birmingham stores some interesting research reports on leisure, tourism and business.

Birmingham Economy & Quarterly Economic Survey
This is more commentary than a specific data-set:
http://www.birmingham-chamber.com/Influencing-Government/Key-Business-Issues/Economy-and-Quarterly-Economic-Survey.aspx

Birmingham Economy has a number of very useful data sets for employment, demographics and profiles of wards across Birmingham
http://www.birminghameconomy.org.uk/

Labour Market Statistics

The official statistics from NOMIS

This is an online tool which gives access to economic data on employment, number of businesses, jobcentre figures and more. Lauran Amery has made a useful methodological guide on how to use Nomis, available here: http://www.wmro.org/resources/res.aspx?p=/CmsResource/resourceFilename/2663/Cultural-Research-Methodological-Guidance-For-LAs_v1_LA.doc

CULTURE

Data from the Cultural Research Intelligence Group:

http://www.wmro.org.uk/resources/res.aspx?p=/CmsResource/resourceFilename/1641/SORU-2009_Culture_v1.4_Dataset_MS.xls

http://www.wmro.org/cultureTemplate.aspx/Home/CulturalObservatory/CulturalResearchIntelligenceGroup

Data on participation in culture:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/research_and_statistics/6230.aspx

Data on participation in sport is available here:
http://www.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey/active_people_survey_2/local_results.aspx

The Place Survey 2008 looks at satisfaction with a range of cultural facilities in each local authority area:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/placesurvey2008

ENVIRONMENT

Environment Agency – what’s in your back yard

Household recycling centres in Birmingham

TRAVEL

Birmingham Airport Guide