In this section: Public services
Public services near you
Last updated . Figures refresh every night. How each figure is worked out.
Enter a postcode below. The site finds its council area and lists the bodies that serve it, with each one’s latest funding or spending, the amount per resident, and its headline results against its nation.
Figure as of unknown date. Source: Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics.
Key figures
- 45Police forces covered
- 49Fire and rescue services covered
- 58Health bodies covered
Source: Office for National Statistics.
Find the services for a postcode
The postcode is looked up with postcodes.io and is not stored or sent anywhere else. Where a council area is split between health bodies, the one covering most residents is shown and the others are named.
Or browse each service
- Police: every police force
- Fire and rescue: every fire and rescue service
- Ambulance: every ambulance service
- NHS: every health body
- Roads: every highway authority
- Schools: every education authority
- Council spending: every council
- Social care: every social services authority
- Housing: every housing authority
- Waste and recycling: every council
Each council’s own page also lists the bodies that cover it: browse every council.
Sources for this page
| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSOA (2021) to sub-ICB location, ICB and local authority district lookup, April 2026 | Office for National Statistics | — | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Local authority district to police force area and to fire and rescue authority lookups | Office for National Statistics | — | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
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