Two postcodes,
side by side.

Enter two UK postcodes in the form above. NestScope counts the schools, GPs, rail stops, parks and supermarkets around each — every factor at its own radius, from crime within 0.25 miles to schools within 2 miles — pulls the last month of crime data from the UK Police API for both, and shows them side by side on the same factors. It is free and you do not need to sign up.

Because what makes an area "better" depends on your household. A family with young children weights primary schools and crime; a commuter weights rail links; a retiree weights GP access and green space. We deliberately show raw numbers so you can decide which factor matters, instead of trusting a proprietary index that has already decided for you.

It depends on the factor, because nobody reaches a school the way they reach a park. Crime is counted within 0.25 miles — the streets you actually walk. Rail stops and green space within 0.5 miles. GP surgeries and hospitals within 1.5 miles. Schools and supermarkets within 2 miles, since both are places people travel to rather than walk to, and the nearest station is searched within 3 miles. Each row on the comparison states the radius that produced its number, so no figure has to be taken on trust.

You can enter any UK postcode. England has full coverage on every factor. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland some layers (such as transport, green space and supermarkets) populate, but England-only sources (Ofsted ratings, Environment Agency flood) are limited — see the methodology page for the nation-by-nation breakdown.

Crime is pulled live from the UK Police API at the last available month (typically the last calendar month). Schools, GPs, green spaces, transport stops and supermarkets refresh on each official publisher’s cycle — termly to annually — and the freshest version is always what loads.