About Brighton Hub
A multi-dashboard civic platform that combines environmental monitoring, weather, crime data, transport, planning, health, housing, schools, community resources, events, and a student hub into a single view for Brighton & Hove residents.
Brighton & Hove faces simultaneous civic challenges — coastal flooding, air quality concerns, crime patterns, transport disruptions, and rapid development — all monitored by separate agencies with no coordinated dashboard.
This platform brings together open data from multiple public APIs into one accessible portal, alongside curated local resources like the Student Hub, letting residents and students see the full picture of what's happening in their city.
Brighton Hub is a community-driven open data project. If you spot a bug, have a feature request, or want to contribute, we'd love to hear from you.
All data on this platform comes from open government sources. We do not collect personal data.
Data Sources
National Grid ESO Carbon Intensity API
Every 30 minutesProvides real-time and forecast carbon intensity data for Great Britain's electricity grid, broken down by region and generation source.
Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API
Every 15 minutesReal-time flood warnings, river/sea levels, and rainfall data from over 4,000 monitoring stations across England.
DEFRA UK-AIR (Air Quality)
HourlyUK Air Information Resource providing hourly pollutant concentrations from the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) of monitoring stations.
Police.uk Crime Data API
MonthlyStreet-level crime, outcome, and neighbourhood data for all police forces in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
National Rail Darwin API
Real-timeLive departure boards, service disruption alerts, and train running information from the National Rail network.
Planning Data (DLUHC)
VariesPlanning application data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Currently in beta.
Open-Meteo Weather API
Every 30 minutesFree weather API providing current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts using Met Office and ECMWF models. No API key required.
Environment Agency Bathing Water Quality
Seasonal (May–September)Annual bathing water classifications and sample results for Brighton & Hove beaches, based on E. coli and intestinal enterococci testing.
This platform contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Carbon intensity data is provided by National Grid ESO under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Map tiles are provided by OpenStreetMap contributors.
Open Government Licence — allows free reuse of UK government data with attribution
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 — permits sharing and adapting with credit to the creator
Application Programming Interface — a structured way for software to request data from a service
A data-fetching library that handles caching, polling, and background updates automatically
The 4-level scale (Normal, Alert, Warning, Severe) used across all dashboards for consistent risk communication