// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Southampton?
Southampton, United Kingdom, scores 64.5% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #126 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
64.5%
Rank
#126 / 388
Criteria present
34 / 86
Evidence coverage
88.4%
Southampton's smart city score by area
6 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 8 partial · 0 absent
4 present · 9 partial · 0 absent
3 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
9 present · 4 partial · 0 absent
5 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
3 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Southampton is strong
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
Where the gaps are
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Southampton City Council publishes council data on its own website, including expenditure and procurement information, and is also listed as a publisher on the national data.gov.uk portal.
https://www.southampton.gov.uk/council-democracy/council-data/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Southampton City Council publishes 'Payments to suppliers with a value over £500' (budget/procurement) and various environmental datasets like 'Smoke Control Areas' and 'Historic Waste and Industry Areas'. Additionally, 'Residents Parking Zones' data is ava…
https://www.southampton.gov.uk/council-democracy/council-data/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The URL `https://directory.southampton.gov.uk/api/services` provides a JSON response listing various services, such as '0-25 Service - Special Educational Needs Team', indicating programmatic API access to information from Southampton's government.
https://directory.southampton.gov.uk/api/servicesDigital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Southampton City Council's website serves as a central portal, offering access to various municipal services such as paying the council, finding parking, booking tip visits, managing council tax accounts, and applying for parking permits and planning applic…
https://www.southampton.gov.uk/Funding Southampton can bid for
119 open calls — grants, tenders and innovation competitions Southampton 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 119 — see them all in the explorer.
About this assessment
Southampton 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.