// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Ely?
Ely, United Kingdom, scores 31.5% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #194 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
31.5%
Rank
#194 / 213
Criteria present
21 / 82
Evidence coverage
36.6%
Ely's smart city score by area
5 present · 0 partial · 9 absent · 7 not assessed
4 present · 4 partial · 4 absent · 4 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 3 absent · 7 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 11 not assessed
2 present · 0 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
Where Ely is strong
- ▸Digital Inclusion & Literacy
- ▸Resilience & Climate Adaptation
- ▸City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
- ▸Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
- ▸Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
Where the gaps are
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
- ▸EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
- ▸Digital Government / e-Services
- ▸Citizen Engagement & Participation
- ▸Interoperability & Open Standards
Evidence highlights
Open Data by Default · Official open data portal
Cambridgeshire, which includes Ely, operates an official open data portal at data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk.
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/datasetOpen Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access
The Cambridgeshire open data portal provides programmatic access via an API.
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/api/City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange · Central data platform / urban OS
Cambridgeshire, which includes Ely, operates a data portal at data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/, indicating a central platform for data.
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange · Data sharing / exchange
Cambridgeshire, including Ely, utilizes a data portal (data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/) which serves as a mechanism for data sharing.
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/About this assessment
Ely 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.