The Daylight Project

UK sex-work indicators

Research Access

Regions & localities

Regional monitoring snapshots.

Geographic context matters, but local detail needs restraint. Public regional snapshots show observed listing counts only; pricing, premiums, and service composition stay behind registered research access.

Public view

Listing counts and geographic distribution only.

Registered access

Rate levels, outcall premium, and service-positioning detail.

Interpretive rule

Regional intensity is not prevalence and should not be treated as surveillance.

Latest national frame

2026-08

Observed listings

10,338

Localities shown

12 of 118

Cards show the top markets; the heatmap above aggregates everything into the 12 UK regions.

Access posture

Registration required for deeper local detail

Regional drill-down remains intentionally partial in public mode. The map and cards below will hold back pricing and service details until access is granted.

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Geographic regional view

UK regions (NUTS1)

The 12 UK macro-regions, with each locality below aggregated into its parent region. Geography stays legible as place, not just count.

2026-08

Heat scale

Lower range

122

Peak region

2,884

The map is a macro-regional public-interest view of listing distribution. It is not a prevalence map, not a risk map, and not neighbourhood-level surveillance.

England

London

Public regional access is limited to listing counts. Registration unlocks price and service context.

Selected

Observed listings

2,884

Detailed regional pricing, premiums, and service mix stay behind research access to reduce casual scraping and preserve a more deliberate context for interpretation.

Linked local markets

London drill-down

All region snapshots

East London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

971

Listings

North West London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

430

Listings

West London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

359

Listings

South West London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

344

Listings

North London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

325

Listings

Central London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

243

Listings

Cities & areas

All visible localities, by UK region

Each card is a city or sub-area, grouped under its parent UK macro-region. Public detail is held lower than the registered view; thin localities (small samples) are suppressed under the methodology rules.

London

UK region

2,856 listings · 8 localities

East London

Listings: 971

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North West London

Listings: 430

Registration required for rate and service detail.

West London

Listings: 359

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South West London

Listings: 344

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North London

Listings: 325

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Central London

Listings: 243

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South East London

Listings: 151

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sutton

Listings: 33

Registration required for rate and service detail.

West Midlands

UK region

995 listings · 12 localities

Birmingham

Listings: 378

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Coventry

Listings: 109

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stoke-on-Trent

Listings: 75

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wolverhampton

Listings: 70

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Walsall

Listings: 67

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sandwell

Listings: 66

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Worcester

Listings: 53

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Dudley

Listings: 49

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Telford and Wrekin

Listings: 45

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Warwick

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Solihull

Listings: 30

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stafford

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South East

UK region

921 listings · 20 localities

Southampton

Listings: 84

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Brighton

Listings: 74

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Buckinghamshire

Listings: 72

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Medway

Listings: 67

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Slough

Listings: 62

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Reading

Listings: 61

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Oxford

Listings: 54

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Portsmouth

Listings: 54

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Milton Keynes

Listings: 50

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Maidstone

Listings: 44

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Canterbury

Listings: 39

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Guildford

Listings: 39

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Crawley

Listings: 36

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Spelthorne

Listings: 34

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Rushmoor

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bracknell Forest

Listings: 31

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Basingstoke and Deane

Listings: 25

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cherwell

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Worthing

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Eastbourne

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North West

UK region

875 listings · 15 localities

Manchester

Listings: 263

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Liverpool

Listings: 145

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Preston

Listings: 61

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bolton

Listings: 50

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Warrington

Listings: 48

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cheshire East

Listings: 39

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wigan

Listings: 38

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Burnley

Listings: 37

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Salford

Listings: 36

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Blackpool

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stockport

Listings: 30

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cheshire West and Chester

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Saint Helens

Listings: 23

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cumberland

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Lancaster

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

East of England

UK region

863 listings · 18 localities

Luton

Listings: 109

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Peterborough

Listings: 90

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Norwich

Listings: 72

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Colchester

Listings: 68

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cambridge

Listings: 58

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Chelmsford

Listings: 55

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Southend-on-Sea

Listings: 53

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Thurrock

Listings: 49

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Watford

Listings: 48

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Basildon

Listings: 38

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Ipswich

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Welwyn Hatfield

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

St. Albans

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Dacorum

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Epping Forest

Listings: 27

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bedford

Listings: 23

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Harlow

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stevenage

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Yorkshire and The Humber

UK region

648 listings · 9 localities

Leeds

Listings: 195

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sheffield

Listings: 109

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bradford

Listings: 93

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Hull

Listings: 64

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Doncaster

Listings: 58

Registration required for rate and service detail.

York

Listings: 44

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wakefield

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Kirklees

Listings: 27

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Yorkshire

Listings: 23

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Scotland

UK region

527 listings · 9 localities

Glasgow

Listings: 169

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Edinburgh

Listings: 126

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Aberdeen

Listings: 72

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Dundee

Listings: 40

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Renfrewshire

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Falkirk

Listings: 24

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Highland

Listings: 24

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Fife

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Lanarkshire

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

East Midlands

UK region

503 listings · 7 localities

Leicester

Listings: 153

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Nottingham

Listings: 133

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Derby

Listings: 84

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Northampton

Listings: 61

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Northamptonshire

Listings: 25

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Lincoln

Listings: 24

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Mansfield

Listings: 23

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South West

UK region

498 listings · 10 localities

Bristol

Listings: 113

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bournemouth

Listings: 76

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Swindon

Listings: 61

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Somerset

Listings: 57

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Gloucester

Listings: 38

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Plymouth

Listings: 36

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Exeter

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Torbay

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cheltenham

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bath and North East Somerset

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North East

UK region

268 listings · 6 localities

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Listings: 108

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Middlesbrough

Listings: 64

Registration required for rate and service detail.

County Durham

Listings: 30

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sunderland

Listings: 24

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Tyneside

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Gateshead

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wales

UK region

189 listings · 3 localities

Cardiff

Listings: 110

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Swansea

Listings: 52

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Newport

Listings: 27

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Northern Ireland

UK region

90 listings · 1 locality

Belfast

Listings: 90

Registration required for rate and service detail.