AREAIQUK AREA INTELLIGENCE

We built the tool we
couldn't find.

Score any UK location using real government data. No guesswork, no paywalled PDFs, no vague ratings. Transparent, structured intelligence for every location decision.

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Live data sources
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LSOAs covered
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Intent profiles

The Problem

Architecture

01
Collect
7 government APIs queried in parallel
02
Classify
Area type detected: urban, suburban, or rural
03
Score
16 deterministic functions, contextual benchmarks
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Narrate
AI explains the numbers, never generates them
Same input = same scores. Every time. The AI layer is downstream of computation, not the source.

What You Get

Overall AreaIQ score (0-100)
5 scored dimensions with weights
AI-generated narrative
Actionable recommendations
6 detailed analysis sections
Data freshness badges
Property Market data (Pro+)
Nearby Schools with Ofsted ratings
PDF export (Starter+)
Share & email delivery
Watchlist & CSV export
Deterministic scoring badge

Principles

Transparent by default

Every score shows the data behind it. No black boxes. You see exactly why an area scored 72 for safety or 45 for transport.

Deterministic, not vibes

Scores are computed from real data using fixed formulas. Same postcode, same scores. AI explains the numbers, it does not generate them.

Intent matters

A great area for a family is not the same as a great area for a restaurant. We weight dimensions differently based on your goal.

Context-aware

A village with one school is not the same as a city with one school. We detect area type and benchmark accordingly: urban, suburban, or rural.

Live Data Sources

Postcodes.io
Geocoding + LSOA mapping
Police.uk
Street-level crime data
IMD 2025
Deprivation indices
OpenStreetMap
Amenities + transport
Env. Agency
Flood risk zones
Land Registry
Property sold prices
Ofsted
School inspection ratings
All fetched in real time. No caching, no stale datasets.

Timeline

Jan 2025

Idea validated

Researched the gap in UK area intelligence tools

Feb 2025

MVP built

7 real-time data sources, AI-powered reports

Mar 2025

Scoring engine

Deterministic scoring replaced AI-generated scores

Mar 2025

Public launch

Live at area-iq.co.uk with Stripe payments

Built by

PS

Pedro Serapiao

Software engineer. Product builder. Based in the UK.

I kept running into the same problem: making location decisions without reliable, structured data. Rightmove gives you vibes. PropertyData gives you spreadsheets. Nothing gave you scored, transparent, intent-driven intelligence. So I built it.

Every feature exists because it solves a real problem. No vanity metrics, no filler.

Mission

Make area intelligence accessible, transparent, and useful
for every UK location decision.

See it in action

Enter any UK postcode. Get the full picture.

Score, data, methodology, reasoning. All in one report.