Data sources
Everything on Vartill is built from open data, and every figure on the site carries its source and year. This page lists each dataset we show, where it comes from, under which terms, and how often it is refreshed.
We only use aggregated area statistics and mapped places, never data about individual people.
| Dataset | Source | Licence / terms | Vintage & refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area boundaries (DeSO/RegSO) | Statistics Sweden (SCB), open geodata (WFS) | CC0 (SCB open data) | SCB's 2025 delineation · refreshed with each data build |
| Area statistics: population, share born abroad, mean income | Statistics Sweden (SCB), Statistikdatabasen API | CC0 (SCB open data) | Latest published year, shown on each figure · each data build |
| Places on the map: schools, grocery, parks, restaurants, bars, healthcare … | © OpenStreetMap contributors (Overpass API) | ODbL | Snapshot at each data build |
| Postcode → area search | OpenStreetMap address points, matched to SCB areas | ODbL | Each data build |
| Bathing water quality | Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV), Badplatsen API | Open data | EU classification per bathing season · yearly |
| Healthcare waiting times (region level) | Kolada open API (RKA), national waiting-times database | Open data | Latest published period · each data build |
| Reported crime per 100 000 residents | BRÅ (Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention) | Official statistics | Yearly, curated by hand · year shown on the figure |
| Average rent (3 rooms) | Boverket / SCB housing rent survey | Official statistics | Yearly, curated by hand · year shown on the figure |
| Municipal tax rate | Statistics Sweden (SCB), total municipal tax rates | CC0 (SCB open data) | Yearly, curated by hand |
| Public transport, 30-day ticket price | Operator price lists (Västtrafik, SL, Skånetrafiken, UL) | Publicly published prices | Yearly, curated by hand |
| Police-designated vulnerable areas (utsatta områden) | Swedish Police (Polisen), official area polygons | Open data | Lägesbild 2025 · new assessment roughly every second year |
| Live police events | Swedish Police open events API | Open data | Live, at page view |
| Basemap | CARTO tiles, map data © OpenStreetMap | CARTO terms / ODbL | Live |
Map places and postcode lookups contain information from OpenStreetMap, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Basemap tiles by CARTO.