// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Chelmsford?
Chelmsford, United Kingdom, scores 73.2% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #23 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
73.2%
Rank
#23 / 386
Criteria present
56 / 86
Evidence coverage
82.6%
Chelmsford's smart city score by area
10 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
7 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
6 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
10 present · 1 partial · 2 absent
7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent
8 present · 6 partial · 0 absent
Where Chelmsford is strong
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
Where the gaps are
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Chelmsford City Council collects and publishes data about living and working in Chelmsford, including ward and parish profiles. Additionally, the URL data-chelmsford-city-council-uk.hub.arcgis.com strongly indicates an official open data portal for Chelmsfo…
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/your-council/data-and-statistics-about-chelmsford/Open Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing
The Essex Open Data portal explicitly states that datasets, such as the Essex Bus Network Data, are made available for public, personal, educational, or commercial use.
https://data.essex.gov.uk/dataset/essex-bus-network-dataOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Chelmsford collects and publishes 'Census, economic and mapping data', as well as 'Ward profiles' and 'Parish tier profiles'. Planning and housing data for Chelmsford City Council is also available on opendatacommunities.org.
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/your-council/data-and-statistics-about-chelmsford/Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Chelmsford City Council provides an official website that serves as a portal for various municipal services, including finding planning applications, viewing Council Tax accounts, garden waste collections, and online payments. The council has also partnered…
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/About this assessment
Chelmsford was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.