
Data lab

The WMREDI Data Lab provides data insights for the West Midlands and the UK.
The Birmingham Economic Review 2022
Overview
Overview
BER Overview - This dashboard looks at an overview of the report
Economy
Economy
BER Economy- This dashboard looks at the economy of Birmingham.
People
People
BER People - This dashboard looks at the people heme.
Place
Place
BER Place- This dashboard looks at the theme Place.
Business
Business
BER Business - This dashboard looks at the theme business.
Opportunity
Opportunity
BER Opportunity- This dashboard looks at the theme of Opportunity.
Other Data Lab Projects
The Levelling Up Commitment to SDG Goals Dashboard
The Levelling Up Commitment to SDG Goals Dashboard
This dashboard looks at how the levelling up missions contribute to sustainable development goals. To do this we match the missions to sustainable development goals comparing performance at a Local Authority level.
Civic Index
Civic Index
This data dashboard explores the impact and relationships of Higher Education providers and their place. Using various metrics and categories, HE providers and their local geographies are ranked and compared on how integral HE providers are to their area in the form of civic impact.
MIT Recap
MIT Recap
The MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP) is a program of engagement with regions to verify innovation-driven entrepreneurship.
This dashboard illustrates how innovative and entrepreneurial Birmingham/West Midlands is compared to the national average.
City Index
City Index
This data dashboard compares and ranks 61 English cities according to various metrics and categories. Many publications and literature will often focus on an aspect of city ranking such as sustainability, but the City Index tool is a rounded measure that seeks to explore all major factors as to what makes a successful city.
Children in Trouble
Children in Trouble
This tool is a set of interactive dashboards which aims to spot Middle Layer Super Output Areas areas in the West Midlands where children may need support. The analysis estimates the number of children in trouble in each area with an aggregated metric which is constructed from four different datasets.
Homelessness in the West Midlands
Homelessness in the West Midlands
The homelessness prediction tool is developed to foresee how homelessness rise will hit areas across West Midlands. The prediction tool relies on what has been known about likelihood of people to experience homelessness and is based on data from multiple data sources.
Blogs
Blogs
Launch of the City Index
City-REDI Blog, October 2022
Launch of the Civic Index
City-REDI Blog, September 2022
Addressing the Climate Emergency in Birmingham: Using the Civic Index to Build University-Civic Collaborations
City-REDI Blog, Hannes Read, September 2022