Beyond Economics: Measuring What Truly Matters to People
Place Insight provides a Local Authority Area Social Progress Index, a data-driven framework with 56 datasets per authority, offering a detailed view of social progress.
With three years of curated data and annual updates, it helps track trends and pinpoint areas for improvement.
The platform also includes a databank covering the local economy, public health, Census data, and spatial sources, giving a holistic understanding of community needs.
Built on Microsoft Azure, it ensures scalability and security, with single sign-on (SSO) for seamless access via your organisation’s Power BI licence.
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Place Insight integrates the Social Progress Index™, a robust framework structured around three dimensions and twelve components, creating a common language to measure impact. It addresses key questions such as:
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Do people have access to basic food and medical care?
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Is there a strong educational foundation?
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Are individual rights protected?
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Every local authority in England has its own Social Progress Index within Place Insight.
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If you would like to subscribe to the Place Insight Platform, you can do so either as an individual or as a group within an organisation. All you require is an existing Microsoft PowerBi Licence.
Make Decisions With Confidence
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Place Insight puts people at the centre of decision-making, providing high-quality, localised data that goes beyond economic metrics to measure what truly matters—well-being, opportunity, and quality of life.
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✔ See the full picture – Move beyond fragmented datasets with a single, integrated platform that brings together all the data you need in one place.
✔ Make informed decisions faster – Spend less time organising data across silos and more time acting on insights that drive real impact.
✔ Strengthen credibility – Transparent data ensures policies stand up to public, media, and government scrutiny.
✔ Lead with confidence – Anticipate risks, opportunities, and long-term impacts, using evidence-based insights to shape stronger, more human-focused policies.
When data is clear, people benefit. Place Insight helps cut through complexity, focus on impact, and drive meaningful change.
Is Place Insight For You?
Place Insight is invaluable for organisations and individuals who seek to make a positive impact and drive meaningful change. It is ideal for socially conscious businesses, non-profit organisations, central and local government, philanthropic individuals and social impact investors.
Place Insight is for you if you want to:
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Ensure compliance – Meet statutory requirements
Transform raw numbers into compelling narratives
Align with national and regional strategies
Use human-centred data to understand the real challenges communities face
Support ESG and Social Value commitments
Create a common language that makes impact measurable
See Place Insight in Action
Every organisation has unique challenges. Schedule a demo call with us to explore how Place Insight can help you track progress, secure funding, and design data-driven policies—all in one place.
​See the platform in action: Get insights tailored to your needs and ask questions and explore key features.
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Exclusive offer for Socitm Members
As a valued member of Socitm, you can gain cost-effective access to Place Insight as an add-on to your membership, available either during your renewal process or at any time throughout the year.
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To find out more contact head of membership Poppy Brummell on poppy.brummell@socitm.net
