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What the figures for Forth cover

Every figure on this site comes from official or open public data. This page shows, for each one, the area it covers, the period, the source and when we last updated it.

Local figures are for Forth built-up area, home to 2,151 people at the 2022 census. Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from the centre of Forth.

Figure by figure

FigureCoversPeriodSourceLast updated
PopulationUsual residents of ForthCensus 2022National Records of Scotland, Scotland’s Census 202217 Oct 2026
PropertyNot available for Scotland: Registers of Scotland does not publish individual sale prices as open dataNot publishedRegisters of ScotlandNot published
CrimeNot available for Scotland: Police Scotland does not publish street-level crime dataNot publishedPolice ScotlandNot published
BroadbandPostcodes in ForthSpeeds measured 2023, availability 2025Ofcom Connected Nations30 Sept 2026
SchoolsOpen schools in Forth, plus the nearest others within 5 km of ForthPupil rolls from the 2023 school censusScottish Government School Roll and Locations, Education Scotland reports8 Oct 2026
Food hygieneFood businesses at postcodes in ForthLatest inspection for each businessFood Standards Scotland (FHIS), via the FSA6 Aug 2026
BusinessesActive companies with their registered office in Forth. A registered office is not always where a company trades.Current registerCompanies House6 Aug 2026
Local tradesActive companies whose main activity is a trade, registered in the ML11 postcode district, those in Forth firstCurrent registerCompanies House6 Aug 2026
PlanningApplications within 5 km of the centre of ForthLast 12 monthsPlanIt, from council planning registers20 Oct 2026
Flood riskThe kilometre square around the centre of Forth; nearest river measured from the centreSEPA flood maps 2025SEPA flood maps, OS Open Rivers20 Oct 2026
TransportThe stations nearest to Forth, with walking routes from its centreDepartures liveNational Rail, NaPTAN, OpenStreetMapLive
WeatherThe location of ForthLive forecastMET NorwayLive
National comparisonsFood hygiene: all of Scotland. Broadband: the UK. Worked out from the same datasets as the local figuresSame periods as aboveOur own calculation3 Oct 2026

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Map and route data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Planning data from planit.org.uk.