// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Nottingham?
Nottingham, United Kingdom, scores 42.7% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #142 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
42.7%
Rank
#142 / 213
Criteria present
30 / 82
Evidence coverage
47.6%
Nottingham's smart city score by area
6 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 10 not assessed
11 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 5 absent · 7 not assessed
7 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 8 not assessed
3 present · 0 partial · 3 absent · 2 not assessed
Where Nottingham is strong
- ▸Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
- ▸Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
- ▸EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
- ▸Digital Government / e-Services
- ▸Open Data by Default
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Water & Waste
- ▸Smart Energy & Buildings
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
- ▸Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency Response
Evidence highlights
Pervasive IoT Sensing · Deployed sensor networks
Nottingham has deployed Vivacity sensors, which are typically used for traffic monitoring, as indicated by a page on Transport Nottingham's website.
https://www.transportnottingham.com/vivacity-sensors/Real-time Public Transit Intelligence · Real-time arrivals / GTFS-RT
Nottingham provides real-time bus information and is upgrading its real-time information network.
https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/transport/public-transport/real-time-bus-informationReal-time Public Transit Intelligence · Demand-responsive transit
Trentbarton offers a demand-responsive transit service called 'nottsbusondemand'.
https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/nottsbusondemandReal-time Public Transit Intelligence · Open transit data
Nottingham City Council publishes transport-related data on data.gov.uk, and NCTX provides open data.
https://data.gov.uk/search?q=nottingham&publisher=nottingham-city-council&topic=TransportAbout this assessment
Nottingham was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-07-01 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 — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.