https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/shared-data-unit

An explanation of the BBC Shared Data Unit and what we do

about shareddataunit

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/music-festivals

Festivals dominated by male acts, study shows, as Glastonbury begins

festivals glastonbury music network-analysis py python r scraping spotify spotify-api

Last synced: 17 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/art-uk

Illuminating facts about the UK's art collection

art culture r

Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/emergency-frequent-callers

Five patients made 8,303 emergency calls in a year

999 ambulances emergency foi health nhs

Last synced: 22 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/libraries

Data used in the story 'Libraries lose a quarter of staff as hundreds close'

councils foi libraries python scraping

Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/revenge-porn

Revenge pornography victims as young as 11, investigation finds

crime foi police revengeporn

Last synced: 12 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/football-finances

Premier League: 11 of 20 clubs could have made profits in 2016-17 without fans at games

finance football football-data shareddataunit

Last synced: 23 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/unsolved-crime

More than two thirds of thefts are 'never solved'

bigdata crime police

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/energy-efficiency-private-rental

Renting: Six out of 10 renters live in energy-inefficient homes

energy energy-efficiency environment housing shareddataunit

Last synced: 27 Aug 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-reserves

English councils warned about 'running out' of reserve cash

councils finance funding r reserves

Last synced: 21 Aug 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/unduly-lenient-sentences

Unduly lenient sentences review scheme 'inadequate'

foi justice robengland sentencing undulylenient

Last synced: 05 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/christmas-dinner

Is Christmas getting cheaper, or more expensive?

christmas consumer

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/stories-elsewhere

This repo is for stories made outside the BBC Data Unit but which we think are worth noting

misc

Last synced: 19 Mar 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council_covid_bankrupt

UK councils fear bankruptcy amid Covid-19 costs

bankruptcy coronavirus councils finance health

Last synced: 19 Mar 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council_cuts_during_the_pandemic

An analysis of the financial pressures facing UK councils as they emerged from the pandemic.

bankruptcy coronavirus councils finance shareddataunit

Last synced: 19 Mar 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-air-pollution

Coronavirus lockdown sees air pollution plummet across UK

coronavirus environment pollution shareddataunit transport

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/electric-car-charging-points

Lack of electric car charging points 'putting off drivers'

electriccars haversine r shareddataunit transport

Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/spanish-flu-anniversary

Spanish flu: 'We didn't know who we'd lose next'

anniversary health history spanishflu

Last synced: 07 Feb 2026

https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/unduly-lenient-sentences

Unduly lenient sentences review scheme 'inadequate'

foi justice robengland sentencing undulylenient

Last synced: 27 Jul 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/airport-crime

Crime at airports has doubled in two years

airports crime transport

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/terminal-illness-benefits

Hundred people die fighting for terminal illness benefits

benefits benefits-system department-for-work-and-pensions disability-benefits shareddataunit terminal-illness welfare

Last synced: 01 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/suicide-risk

Suicide risk greatest for low skilled male workers

employment health suicide

Last synced: 16 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/cyclists-legal-protection

Do cyclists get enough legal protection?

crime cycling police safety

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/child-speech

Child speech delays increase following lockdowns

coronavirus education parameterisation sen shareddataunit speech

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-birthdays

Birthday delivery searches surge as children celebrate under lockdown

birthdays coronavirus google trends

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/rough-sleeping

Rough sleeping rises at appalling rate, charity says, as figures show 16% rise

councils homelessness housing

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/airport-delays

London Stansted airport 'worst in UK for delays'

airports flights stansted transport

Last synced: 29 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-workfromhome-liveblog

How many of us used to work from home?

coronavirus employment homeworking liveblog ons workingfromhome

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-finances-23

Black hole in town hall budgets rises to £5bn

councils finance localgov shareddataunit

Last synced: 19 Mar 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-fsm

Coronavirus: Schools and charities working to keep children fed

coronavirus education freeschoolmeals welfare

Last synced: 30 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/christmas-traffic-2019

Christmas getaway 2019: Where and when to avoid on roads and rail

christmas delays transport

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/knife-crime-london

London knife crime rises to four-year high

crime knifecrime london police

Last synced: 19 Mar 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/toxic_land

Thousands of parcels of potentially contaminated land, which have never been checked by local councils, could be posing a risk to health and even life.

environment flourish

Last synced: 09 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-clean-air-zones

Coronavirus delays cleaner air plans in cities

cleanairzones coronavirus environment pollution shareddataunit

Last synced: 29 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/rail-season-tickets

Rail season tickets cost 10% of net pay

fares rail transport

Last synced: 25 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/prisons-children-coronavirus

Coronavirus: Prisoners' children 'forgotten' during pandemic

coronavirus lockdown prisons scraping

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/mps-registers-of-interest

Give MPs deadline on hiring relatives, campaigners urge

politics registerofinterests scraping

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/upskirting

Upskirting law: Children among 150 victims, figures show

crime foi pa upskirting

Last synced: 07 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/hpv-vaccine

HPV vaccine: Thousands of girls did not get full dose

health hpv robengland vaccinations

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/remote_courts

Court hearings held remotely in lockdown disadvantage vulnerable people, lawyers and charities warn.

coronavirus courts justice

Last synced: 27 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/legal-aid

Legal aid advice network 'decimated' by funding cuts

justice legal-advice legal-aid-agency ministry-of-justice shareddataunit

Last synced: 14 Feb 2026

https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/neighbourhood-police

Neighbourhood police: One in seven officers axed were beat bobbies

police police-officers shareddataunit

Last synced: 27 Jul 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/teacher-vacancies-deprivation

Teacher vacancy rate double in poor areas

deprivation education poverty schools shareddataunit vacancies

Last synced: 23 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/insolvencies-coronavirus

Coronavirus: Business rescue package has 'delayed the inevitable'

companies companieshouse coronavirus insolvency scraping shareddataunit

Last synced: 16 Aug 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/hormone_replacement_therapy

Our investigation uncovered a postcode lottery in HRT provision across the country

gender health hrt postcodelottery variation

Last synced: 19 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/neighbourhood-police

Neighbourhood police: One in seven officers axed were beat bobbies

police police-officers shareddataunit

Last synced: 14 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/smuggled-mobiles-in-prisons

UK prisons 'awash' with smuggled phones and SIM cards

justice prison prisoners prisons shareddataunit

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/bus-funding

Bus funding: Where would it make the most difference?

buses transport

Last synced: 09 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/rough-sleeping-2020

Homelessness: Rough sleeping figures 'unacceptable' says Boris Johnson

homelessness housing

Last synced: 29 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/homelessness-real-figure

Homelessness: Rough sleeping five times higher than official figure

baddata foi homelessness

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/libraries-2024

Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services

councils cuts foi libraries shareddataunit

Last synced: 01 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/helptobuy-impact

Help to Buy scheme's impact across England revealed

helptobuy housing

Last synced: 17 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/heathrow-noise

Heathrow Airport noise complaint every five minutes

heathrow london pollution scraping transport

Last synced: 26 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/covid_mutual_aid

Mutual aid community groups set up to help those isolated due to coronavirus

coronavirus facebook mutualaid shareddataunit

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/dla-to-pip

'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits

benefits children disability dwp health pip shareddataunit socialcare teenagers welfare young

Last synced: 02 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/seven-day-gp-access

Millions miss out on seven-day GP access

Last synced: 09 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/vagrancy-arrests

Rough sleeping: Arrests fall as police brand law 'archaic'

crime foi homelessness vagrancy

Last synced: 17 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/rent-hotspots

'Sky-high' rental hotspots across England revealed

housing rent

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/parish-council-tax

Parish council tax bills rise 'to save services from cuts'

councils cuts tax

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/xmas-spending-proportion

'I spend £400 on each of my five kids'

christmas ons spending

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/homeless-deaths

Homeless people's deaths 'up 24%' over five years

homelessness ons

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/deprivation

England's most deprived areas named as Jaywick and Blackpool

blackpool deprivation jaywick mhclg poverty

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/opioid-addiction

NHS accused of fuelling rise in opioid addiction

davidrhodes drugs health nhs ons opioids

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-elections-2019

Council elections: Why don't people vote?

councils elections politics

Last synced: 28 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/rail-fares-salary

Rail fares: Commuters 'pay fifth of salary' on season ticket

fares rail transport

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/baby-names-2017

Baby names: Olivia top as William makes way for Muhammad

names ons

Last synced: 16 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-budget-overspending

Council budgets: One in three spent more than planned

budgets councils expenditure

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/disability-benefits-suspended

Benefit cuts for disabled people in hospital called unfair

benefits benefits-system department-for-work-and-pensions disability disability-benefits learning-disabilities shareddataunit welfare

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/community-resolutions

Violent offences 'dealt with informally' by police forces

crime policing shareddataunit

Last synced: 17 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/homeless-deaths-regional

Homeless deaths nine times higher in deprived areas

homelessness ons

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/flytipping-costs

Fly-tipping costs taxpayers £58m in clean-up costs

defra flytipping waste

Last synced: 18 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/social-care-crisis

Social care in crisis

health nhs socialcare

Last synced: 19 Jun 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/eu-workers-nhs

Share of European Union staff leaving NHS rises following Brexit

brexit health shareddataunit

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/lincs-police-leader

The police force looking for a leader

lincolnshire police

Last synced: 09 Sep 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/food-hygiene

Delays in food hygiene inspections a 'serious public health issue'

food food-hygiene food-hygiene-ratings fsa health public-health shareddataunit

Last synced: 22 Jul 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/grenfell-tower-cladding

Grenfell Tower: Hundreds of buildings still have 'unsafe' cladding

building cladding fire grenfell housing safety

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-grants

Coronavirus: Firms face 'inexcusable' delay over lockdown grants

business coronavirus economy grants lockdown shareddataunit

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/ivf-postcode-lottery

IVF: NHS couples 'face social rationing'

fertility health ivf postcodelottery

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/sexuality-regions

Why are there so few gay people in the east of England?

ons sexuality

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/brexit-eu-nationals

The EU nationals offered right to stay

brexit eu immigration

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/autism-waits

Autism: 'Unprecedented' demand creates long appointment waits

autism health

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/right-to-buy

Right to Buy homes re-sold since 2000 made £6.4bn in profit

housing right-to-buy shareddataunit social-housing

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/electricity-theft

Electricity theft at record levels in England and Wales - BBC analysis

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/criminal-checks

London criminal check delays a 'great concern' as jobs lost

crime dbs police

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-cuts-charts

How cuts changed council spending, in seven charts

councils cuts listicle r tomcalver

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/personal-debt

Personal lending increases four times faster than wages

debt finance loans mortgages

Last synced: 18 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/gun-crime-peak

Gun crime highest for a decade for four police forces

crime guns police

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/council-cuts

Council cuts: Who gets the help to cushion the blow?

councils cuts funding politics

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/drug-alcohol-cuts

Drug and alcohol services cut by £162m as deaths increase

alcohol cuts drugs

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-crowdfundingpubs

Coronavirus: Pub landlords turn to punters to survive lockdown

coronavirus crowdfunding economy pubs scraping shareddataunit

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/flytipping-2018

Fly-tipping discovered 2,700 times a day in England

environment flytipping

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/cafeculture

Coffee shops on the march as pubs decline, town centre data shows

business demographics

Last synced: 24 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/englishness

The English question: Young are less proud to be English

chatbot englishness r survey

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/cervical-screening

Cervical screening: Millions missing smear tests

cervicalscreening health smeartests

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/factcheck-stations-demand

Commuters protest over Telford's MP's no demand for rail stations comment

factcheck orr trains transport

Last synced: 04 Nov 2025

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/dog-fights

Dog fights prompt 5,000 calls to RSPCA in past decade

animals charity crime rspca

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/rail-season-ticket-rises-2018

Rail fares: Commuters to pay £100 more in 2018

fares rail transport

Last synced: 16 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/onsbasket2010s

Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending

2010s basketofgoods consumer history ons spending

Last synced: 18 Feb 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus_council_funding

Emergency funding for councils during the crisis could be insufficient, councils warn

coronavirus councils finance funding shareddataunit

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026

https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/stalking_laws

10 years on from stalking legislation, charge rates are at a record low

Last synced: 25 Jan 2026