// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Oxford?
Oxford, United Kingdom, scores 48.4% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #46 of 75 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
48.4%
Rank
#46 / 75
Criteria present
35 / 86
Evidence coverage
53.5%
Oxford's smart city score by area
5 present · 2 partial · 6 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 0 partial · 4 absent · 3 not assessed
9 present · 0 partial · 4 absent
2 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
6 present · 3 partial · 4 absent
3 present · 0 partial · 4 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 4 partial · 3 absent · 2 not assessed
Where Oxford is strong
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Innovation & Economic Development
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Oxfordshire County Council operates an official open data portal at oxfordshire.opendata.arcgis.com and another data insight portal at insight.oxfordshire.gov.uk.
https://insight.oxfordshire.gov.uk/Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure · Fibre / high-speed broadband coverage
Oxfordshire County Council has a Digital Infrastructure Strategy, indicating a focus on and likely published information regarding broadband coverage.
https://mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/documents/s49231/Digital%20Infrastructure%20Strategy.pdfConnectivity & ICT Infrastructure · City IoT / sensor network
Oxford has an active community for The Things Network, an open LoRaWAN network for IoT, and also features a specific Oxford Flood Network for urban sensing.
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/oxford/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
Oxfordshire County Council operates an 'Insight' platform and an ArcGIS Open Data portal, and there is an 'Innovation Ecosystem Dashboard' for Oxford, as well as a real-time platform called OxonTime.
https://insight.oxfordshire.gov.uk/About this assessment
Oxford was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-06-30 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.