// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Ripon?

Ripon, United Kingdom, scores 22.1% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #211 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

22.1%

Rank

#211 / 213

Criteria present

16 / 82

Evidence coverage

25.6%

Ripon's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation25%

1 present · 0 partial · 3 absent · 17 not assessed

Mobility19%

2 present · 1 partial · 10 absent · 3 not assessed

Environment & Resources42%

4 present · 3 partial · 6 absent · 4 not assessed

Governance & People63%

9 present · 1 partial · 5 absent · 5 not assessed

Economy & Method0%

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

Where Ripon is strong

  • Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics
  • Citizen Engagement & Participation
  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Smart Water & Waste

Where the gaps are

  • Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
  • Smart Energy & Buildings
  • Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
  • Interoperability & Open Standards
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals

Evidence highlights

Resilience & Climate Adaptation · Hazard/risk open data

The UK government offers a service to check flood risk, providing access to hazard data relevant to Ripon.

https://www.gov.uk/check-flood-risk

Digital Government / e-Services · Online transactional services

North Yorkshire Council, which serves Ripon, provides online transactional public services such as paying council tax and viewing and commenting on planning applications.

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/council-tax/pay-your-council-tax

Digital Government / e-Services · Breadth of digitised services

North Yorkshire Council, serving Ripon, offers a breadth of digitised services including online council tax payments, checking bin collection days, and viewing/commenting on planning applications.

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/council-tax/pay-your-council-tax

Citizen Engagement & Participation · 311-style issue reporting

North Yorkshire Council, which covers Ripon, provides a way for citizens to report issues such as potholes and road conditions online.

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/potholes-and-road-condition-issues

About this assessment

Ripon 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.