Check an area before you move
The biggest questions about a new area — the schools, how safe it is, and what's being built nearby. Enter a postcode and see for yourself.
School checker
The nearest schools to any postcode, with distances and a link to each Ofsted report.
Open the checker →Crime checker
Recent street-level crime around a postcode, straight from the police.
Open the checker →Planning checker
Recent planning applications near a postcode — extensions, new builds and developments — from council registers.
Open the checker →Why check an area before you move
A house is easy to judge on a viewing. The area around it is harder — and it's what you live with day to day. These tools use official, public data so you can weigh up a postcode before you offer, not after you've moved.
- Schools — the nearest schools with distances and live Ofsted reports, from the Department for Education.
- Crime — recent street-level crime by category, straight from data.police.uk.
- Planning — what's been proposed nearby, from council registers via PlanIt.
Every tool is free with no sign-up. Once you've settled on an area, get a free moving checklist with every task timed to your move date.