Find data
Search and access smart datasets from across our six smart data services – covering finance, energy, transport, health, imagery and more.
How data access works
Some datasets are openly available. Others require an application because they contain personal or sensitive information that must be handled carefully.
The catalogue shows the access level for every dataset.
Our data services can provide researchers with:
- access to open datasets that don’t contain any personal or sensitive data
- controlled access to protected safeguarded and secure data
- expert help and tools to understand and explore the data
- training
Our data services
Financial Data Service
For financial behaviours, economic resilience and regional economic activity.
Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service
For place-based research on health, lifestyles, and mobility.
Imago – Data Service for Imagery
Unlocking the potential of satellite imagery to understand urgent challenges in the UK.
How we keep data safe
We follow the Five Safes framework – a set of safeguards developed by the Office for National Statistics – to ensure data is always used responsibly and privacy is protected.
| Safe People | Trained and accredited researchers trusted to use data appropriately. |
| Safe Projects | Data that are only used for valuable, ethical research that delivers clear public benefits. |
| Safe Settings | Settings in which access to data is only possible using our secure technology systems. |
| Safe Data | Data that has been de-identified before researchers see it. |
| Safe Outputs | All research outputs checked to ensure they cannot identify individuals. |
Learn more about our practices relating to ethics and responsibility.
Read case studies illustrating how researchers are working with smart data.
Become a data partner
Our data services work with partners across industry on collaborative smart data research. If you’re interested in working with us, find out how to get involved.
Find out about data partnerships
A data infrastructure family
Smart Data Research UK is part of the UKRI Infrastructure Fund. Find out more about other organisations that are part of our data infrastructure family.