Every tool we have, run on your postcode and laid out so the answer is the first thing you see — not a page you have to read.
…plus council tax, food hygiene, flood risk, EV chargers, hospitals, post offices and your MP.
MoveCompass is a free postcode checker for England, Wales and Scotland. Type any UK postcode and see the schools, crime, GP surgeries, transport, broadband, sold prices and council tax around it — each figure from an official source, with the source named.
Each answers a single question from a single official source. All of them, on one screen.
Open the tool index →This is the layout, not an area — the bars carry no numbers because we could not reach the data just now. Compare two postcodes and every row fills in.
Over seventy measures each, from the same sources on both sides, drawn as a head-to-head rather than a table. No overall winner is declared — you see the trade-off and decide which one you are willing to make.
You can walk a house in twenty minutes. Working out what it is like to live on that street takes weeks, and most people never finish the job. Drag the glass across the map — that is the fortnight, in three seconds.
We load national datasets on their official release schedules and join them to a UK-wide postcode database. That work happens before you search, which is why a postcode answers in seconds rather than spinning while we call ten services.
We import national datasets — DfE schools, police.uk crime, Land Registry sales, NHS services, Ofcom coverage — on their official release schedules.
Everything is joined to our national postcode database, so any UK postcode answers instantly with data for exactly that spot.
Reports, tools and maps that name every source and its last refresh date. Nothing is estimated to look complete.
Put two shortlisted postcodes side by side on the same measures and see the trade-offs plainly.
Save the areas you care about and get alerts when something changes.
Core searches are free with an account. Premium funds the site — no ads, no selling your searches.
Movers and van operators listed by area, with their vehicle, what they carry and what insurance we saw. You contact them directly — we take no commission and no booking fee, and we are not part of the arrangement.
Know before you move — schools, safety, prices, transport and more, from official UK data.
Enter your email and choose a password on the sign-up page. We send a six-digit code to confirm the address, you type it in, and you are done. No card, no phone number, about a minute.
Two reasons, both practical. Verified accounts stop automated scraping, which is what keeps searches fast for people actually using the site. And an account is what lets us save your areas, remember your searches and email you when something changes in a place you are watching.
You can read every guide, the blog and the data source pages without one. The postcode tools need a verified account, because they are the part that costs us money to run and the part scrapers want. A free account gives you three postcode searches a week.
We use it to sign you in and to send what you asked for. We do not sell it, rent it, or pass it to advertisers, and there is no marketing list you have to opt out of.
Three postcode searches a week, and every tool within them — schools, crime, health, transport, food hygiene, broadband, sold prices and the rest, with exactly the same data premium members see. You also get two-postcode comparison, three saved areas and one vehicle in the MOT garage. What you do not get is more searches, alerts, email digests, history charts or PDF reports.
Twenty postcode searches a week instead of three, ten saved areas, three vehicles, history charts, area alerts and email digests. Comparison is two postcodes on every plan, including Free — three columns of numbers on a phone is unreadable, and the decision people actually make is between two places.
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