Data Explorer: Quick start guide

Accessing Data Explorer

Custom area reporter allows you to access over 4000+ indicators.

You can produce reports, maps, and charts of data and build a list of your preferred indicator list in favourites.

You access the custom area reporter via the home page menu under tools.

Video 1. Accessing Data Explorer

Filtering indicators

You can filter the indicators by

Theme: Children and Education, Crime, Deprivation, Economy, jobs and benefits, Environment, Housing, Health, Population, Deprecated.

Geography: LSOA, District, LA, Ward, Region, Country.

Publisher: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Department for Education, Department for Education/Education and skills Funding Agency, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Transport, Department for Work and Pensions, Esri UK (Derived from ONS data published in NOMIS), HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office, Ministry for housing, Communities and Local Government, NHS England, HOMIS, ONS, Office for National Statistics, PHE-Fingertips, Public Health England, Social Mobility Commission, StatXplore, Valuation Office Agency

You can also search for indicators using key words for example ‘Health Protection’ to narrow down the list. This can be done in conjunction with a key word search.

A list of available reports within the filtered results will then be generated.

From this list you can again filter the report further by area (District/LA/Region/Country)

Reports can be added to your favorites by selecting the icon.

Video 2. Filtering Indicators and selecting favorites within Data Explorer

Navigating your report

You can filter reports by area (District, LA, Region, Country), by the year required for your report, or by selecting specific districts under the features button.

Your data can be displayed as a chart, a map, time series chart, or ranked bar chart.

You can download the report or chart using the icon.

You can share the link to your report using the icon.