// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Wakefield?

Wakefield, United Kingdom, scores 32.3% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #192 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

32.3%

Rank

#192 / 213

Criteria present

21 / 82

Evidence coverage

36.6%

Wakefield's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation60%

4 present · 4 partial · 2 absent · 11 not assessed

Mobility50%

4 present · 0 partial · 4 absent · 8 not assessed

Environment & Resources61%

7 present · 3 partial · 4 absent · 3 not assessed

Governance & People50%

6 present · 1 partial · 6 absent · 7 not assessed

Economy & Method50%

0 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed

Where Wakefield is strong

  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Pervasive IoT Sensing
  • Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
  • Smart Water & Waste
  • Digital Government / e-Services

Where the gaps are

  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
  • Resilience & Climate Adaptation
  • Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics
  • Open Data by Default

Evidence highlights

Open Data by Default · Official open data portal

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council publishes datasets on the Data Mill North open data portal.

https://datamillnorth.org/dataset?q=Wakefield+Metropolitan+District+Council

City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange · Data sharing / exchange

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council shares data through Data Mill North, an open data portal.

https://datamillnorth.org/dataset/?publisher=wakefield-metropolitan-district-council

Smart Water & Waste · Recycling & circular economy

Wakefield Council provides information on bins, recycling, and environmental health, indicating the presence of recycling programs.

https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/bins-recycling-and-environmental-health/

Smart Water & Waste · Water/waste open data

Wakefield Council publishes datasets on Data Mill North, an open data portal.

https://datamillnorth.org/dataset/?publisher=wakefield-council

About this assessment

Wakefield 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.