Contact Us & FAQs
FAQs 1. How do I access the data? Please note the terms of our current tenders with our data providers only allow us to share the private data with London borough and Business Improvement District (BID) officers who are subscribed to the High Streets Data Service. A list of subscribed organisations is available here. If you work at a London...
Boundary shapefiles GLA High Street boundaries Boundaries of High Streets developed by the Regeneration team at the Greater London Authority. They reflect the wider uses of High Streets including community, public and cultural, in addition to concentrations of retail units. Boundaries are available as a downloadable CSV or can be viewed using an interactive map. GLA Town Centre boundaries Town...
Articles and Blogs
Summer Partnership & Insights Roundup (August 2025) Spring Partnership & Insights Roundup (April 2025) Data Day – 10 December Playback: Incubator Results, Partner Showcase, High Streets Hub Launch (December 2024) Insights Roundup: housing completions & town centre vitality; major sporting events; updated 24-hour London evidence base (July 2024) HSDS Insights Roundup: incubator replay, Friday CAZ workers, 2023 Christmas shopping, night...
High Streets Data Service and Partnership
The High Streets Data Service (HSDS) is a collaborative data-sharing partnership between the Greater London Authority (GLA), London boroughs, and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), established in 2021 to support high streets in their pandemic recovery. HSDS provides its members with access to high-quality data, analytical tools, and reports on spending, footfall, and vacancy, enabling better policy, strategy, and investment decisions...
2011 Census
2011 tables re-estimated for 2022 wards are on this page The old reports, data and other analyses produced by the Census Information Scheme over 2012 to 2016 can be found on these pages: Census Information Scheme 2011 outputs: CIS Reports Data downloads Dashboards and tools Infographics
Commissioned research
This page provides links to research reports commissioned by the GLA housing analysis team. Savills – London’s Affordable Housing Funding Requirement This research, which the GLA commissioned from Savills Affordable Housing in January 2022, finds that London requires £4.9bn a year between 2023/24 and 2027/28 to deliver the affordable homes it needs. Savills, supported by a small working group of...
Datastore API
On this page What is the Datastore API? How to use the API What is the Datastore API? Datastore webpages have been designed with a human end user in mind and as such have a user interface that allows people to interact with the software in a way that’s easy for them, such as using icons and other visual indicators...
Datastore Accounts
On this page Creating a new account Logging in to your account Resetting your password Editing or removing your account Creating a new account To create a new Datastore account, first click the “Login” button in the top right-hand corner of the website. Then click “Sign Up”. Enter a username, your email, and complete the CAPTCHA to authenticate that you...
Publishers
On this page What are publishers? Adding and removing users from a Publisher Setting up a new publisher What are publishers? Publishers are entities used to manage user permissions for editing and accessing datasets. Every dataset belongs to a Publisher. Users can be members of Publishers which allows them to edit that Publisher’s datasets and add new datasets as that...