// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Salford?
Salford, United Kingdom, scores 77.8% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #33 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
77.8%
Rank
#33 / 388
Criteria present
63 / 86
Evidence coverage
81.4%
Salford's smart city score by area
10 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
11 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
9 present · 0 partial · 2 absent
10 present · 1 partial · 2 absent
7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent
8 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
Where Salford is strong
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Water & Sanitation
Where the gaps are
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Planning and housing datasets for Salford City Council are available on planning.data.gov.uk.
https://planning.data.gov.uk/entity/301Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
Salford City Council provides programmatic API access for several datasets, including an INSPIRE OGC WMS service and other spatial data like Administrative and Government Services, Cultural Venues, Libraries, and Recycling Centres, which are available via W…
https://data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk/Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Salford City Council provides a website where users can sign in to a customer account and access various services, including reporting issues, making payments, and applying for services like benefits and school admissions.
https://www.salford.gov.uk/Digital Government Services · Digital identity / single sign-on
Residents can sign in or register for a Salford customer account to access services, indicating a digital identity system for municipal interactions.
https://www.salford.gov.uk/report-it/Funding Salford can bid for
121 open calls — grants, tenders and innovation competitions Salford is eligible for, including UK-wide schemes any place can apply to. Every entry links to its source.
- NationalgrantCloses 15 Sept 2026Help The Homeless Grant Scheme
Help the Homeless
up to £5kApply → - NationalcompetitionCloses 16 Sept 2026Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT
Innovate UK
up to £14.3m24 month projectEnds 30 Nov 2028 - NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency
Innovate UK, Department for Transport (DfT)
- NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
Innovate UK, Department for Transport
- Nationalinnovation-callCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure Two (ZEVI 2): Alternative Fuels
Innovate UK, Department for Transport
- Nationalinnovation-callCloses 16 Sept 2026Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D
Innovate UK
up to £13m - NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Healthy Heart Grants 2026
Heart Research UK
- NationalgrantCloses 17 Sept 2026Researcher Challenges Grants 2026
British Council
- NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Coastal Communities Fund Grant Scheme 2026
Moray Council
£10k–£50kApply → - NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant
Environment Agency
- NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Second Year Of Moray Coastal Community Fund Opens For Bids
Moray Council
£10k–£50kApply → - NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Moray Council’s Coastal Community Fund
Moray Council
£10k–£50k
Showing 12 of 121 — see them all in the explorer.
About this assessment
Salford was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 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.