// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is St Asaph?

St Asaph, United Kingdom, scores 35.1% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #188 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

35.1%

Rank

#188 / 213

Criteria present

22 / 82

Evidence coverage

42.7%

St Asaph's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation33%

4 present · 5 partial · 11 absent · 1 not assessed

Mobility58%

7 present · 0 partial · 5 absent · 4 not assessed

Environment & Resources58%

6 present · 2 partial · 4 absent · 5 not assessed

Governance & People50%

5 present · 4 partial · 5 absent · 6 not assessed

Economy & Method50%

0 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed

Where St Asaph is strong

  • EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
  • Smart Water & Waste
  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Open Data by Default
  • Interoperability & Open Standards

Where the gaps are

  • Pervasive IoT Sensing
  • City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
  • Digital Twin
  • Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals

Evidence highlights

Interoperability & Open Standards · Open data standards

Wales, where St Asaph is located, utilizes open data standards such as the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) for procurement data and provides government data portals like DataMap Wales and StatsWales.

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/

Smart Water & Waste · Smart water / leak detection

Welsh Water (Dŵr Cymru), the water provider for St Asaph, provides information and initiatives related to leakage detection on its official website.

https://www.dwrcymru.com/

Smart Water & Waste · Water/waste open data

Welsh Water, the water provider for St Asaph, offers an open data portal, and Denbighshire County Council also provides a datasets page.

https://www.dwrcymru.com/en/company-information/open-data

Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics · Data protection / privacy framework

Denbighshire County Council, which serves St Asaph, has a dedicated section on its website regarding data protection, indicating a framework for privacy.

https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/your-council/access-to-information/data-protection.aspx

About this assessment

St Asaph 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.