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

2026-09

Observed listings

12,236

Localities shown

12 of 128

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.

2026-09
S. EastN. WestWalesN. IrelandN. EastEastLondonEast MidsW. MidsYorks & HumberS. WestScotland

Heat scale

Lower range

122

Peak region

3,712

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

3,712

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.

1,315

Listings

North West London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

536

Listings

North London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

462

Listings

West London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

419

Listings

South West London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

365

Listings

Central London

Listing counts only in public regional view.

278

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

3,686 listings · 9 localities

East London

Snapshot

Listings: 1,315

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North West London

Snapshot

Listings: 536

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North London

Snapshot

Listings: 462

Registration required for rate and service detail.

West London

Snapshot

Listings: 419

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South West London

Snapshot

Listings: 365

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Central London

Snapshot

Listings: 278

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South East London

Snapshot

Listings: 227

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sutton

Snapshot

Listings: 60

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bexley

Snapshot

Listings: 24

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South East

UK region

1,263 listings · 25 localities

Brighton

Snapshot

Listings: 98

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Milton Keynes

Snapshot

Listings: 96

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Southampton

Snapshot

Listings: 94

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Slough

Snapshot

Listings: 82

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Reading

Snapshot

Listings: 78

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Medway

Snapshot

Listings: 75

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Oxford

Snapshot

Listings: 71

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Portsmouth

Snapshot

Listings: 69

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Rushmoor

Snapshot

Listings: 66

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Buckinghamshire

Snapshot

Listings: 55

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Maidstone

Snapshot

Listings: 46

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Basingstoke and Deane

Snapshot

Listings: 40

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Crawley

Snapshot

Listings: 40

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bracknell Forest

Snapshot

Listings: 39

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Canterbury

Snapshot

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Spelthorne

Snapshot

Listings: 34

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cherwell

Snapshot

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Gravesham

Snapshot

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Worthing

Snapshot

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Guildford

Snapshot

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Eastbourne

Snapshot

Listings: 28

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Windsor and Maidenhead

Snapshot

Listings: 26

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Woking

Snapshot

Listings: 26

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Arun

Snapshot

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Runnymede

Snapshot

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

West Midlands

UK region

1,070 listings · 12 localities

Birmingham

Snapshot

Listings: 394

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Coventry

Snapshot

Listings: 119

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wolverhampton

Snapshot

Listings: 93

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sandwell

Snapshot

Listings: 85

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stoke-on-Trent

Snapshot

Listings: 79

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Walsall

Snapshot

Listings: 59

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Warwick

Snapshot

Listings: 51

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Dudley

Snapshot

Listings: 47

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Worcester

Snapshot

Listings: 46

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Telford and Wrekin

Snapshot

Listings: 42

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Solihull

Snapshot

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Snapshot

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

East of England

UK region

996 listings · 20 localities

Luton

Snapshot

Listings: 132

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Peterborough

Snapshot

Listings: 95

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cambridge

Snapshot

Listings: 77

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Norwich

Snapshot

Listings: 69

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Colchester

Snapshot

Listings: 68

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Basildon

Snapshot

Listings: 60

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Southend-on-Sea

Snapshot

Listings: 60

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Thurrock

Snapshot

Listings: 54

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Chelmsford

Snapshot

Listings: 45

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Watford

Snapshot

Listings: 45

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bedford

Snapshot

Listings: 40

Registration required for rate and service detail.

St. Albans

Snapshot

Listings: 34

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Welwyn Hatfield

Snapshot

Listings: 34

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Broxbourne

Snapshot

Listings: 30

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Dacorum

Snapshot

Listings: 30

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Harlow

Snapshot

Listings: 28

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Ipswich

Snapshot

Listings: 26

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stevenage

Snapshot

Listings: 26

Registration required for rate and service detail.

West Suffolk

Snapshot

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Snapshot

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North West

UK region

989 listings · 15 localities

Manchester

Snapshot

Listings: 265

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Liverpool

Snapshot

Listings: 173

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Preston

Snapshot

Listings: 71

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Warrington

Snapshot

Listings: 67

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cheshire West and Chester

Snapshot

Listings: 59

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bolton

Snapshot

Listings: 57

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wigan

Snapshot

Listings: 48

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Salford

Snapshot

Listings: 40

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Stockport

Snapshot

Listings: 39

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cheshire East

Snapshot

Listings: 34

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cumberland

Snapshot

Listings: 33

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Blackpool

Snapshot

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Burnley

Snapshot

Listings: 27

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Blackburn with Darwen

Snapshot

Listings: 23

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Oldham

Snapshot

Listings: 21

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Yorkshire and The Humber

UK region

677 listings · 10 localities

Leeds

Snapshot

Listings: 173

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sheffield

Snapshot

Listings: 119

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bradford

Snapshot

Listings: 93

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Doncaster

Snapshot

Listings: 64

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Hull

Snapshot

Listings: 55

Registration required for rate and service detail.

York

Snapshot

Listings: 46

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wakefield

Snapshot

Listings: 41

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Yorkshire

Snapshot

Listings: 34

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Kirklees

Snapshot

Listings: 32

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Calderdale

Snapshot

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Scotland

UK region

623 listings · 8 localities

Glasgow

Snapshot

Listings: 260

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Edinburgh

Snapshot

Listings: 112

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Aberdeen

Snapshot

Listings: 90

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Dundee

Snapshot

Listings: 43

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Fife

Snapshot

Listings: 39

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Renfrewshire

Snapshot

Listings: 28

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Falkirk

Snapshot

Listings: 27

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Highland

Snapshot

Listings: 24

Registration required for rate and service detail.

East Midlands

UK region

622 listings · 7 localities

Leicester

Snapshot

Listings: 171

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Nottingham

Snapshot

Listings: 157

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Northampton

Snapshot

Listings: 116

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Derby

Snapshot

Listings: 87

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Lincoln

Snapshot

Listings: 35

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Northamptonshire

Snapshot

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Mansfield

Snapshot

Listings: 27

Registration required for rate and service detail.

South West

UK region

551 listings · 11 localities

Bristol

Snapshot

Listings: 97

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bournemouth

Snapshot

Listings: 94

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Somerset

Snapshot

Listings: 75

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Swindon

Snapshot

Listings: 67

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Exeter

Snapshot

Listings: 50

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Plymouth

Snapshot

Listings: 47

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Gloucester

Snapshot

Listings: 28

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Somerset

Snapshot

Listings: 28

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Bath and North East Somerset

Snapshot

Listings: 23

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cheltenham

Snapshot

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Cornwall

Snapshot

Listings: 20

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North East

UK region

341 listings · 7 localities

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Snapshot

Listings: 126

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Middlesbrough

Snapshot

Listings: 73

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Sunderland

Snapshot

Listings: 36

Registration required for rate and service detail.

County Durham

Snapshot

Listings: 33

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Darlington

Snapshot

Listings: 29

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Gateshead

Snapshot

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

North Tyneside

Snapshot

Listings: 22

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Wales

UK region

196 listings · 3 localities

Cardiff

Snapshot

Listings: 107

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Swansea

Snapshot

Listings: 56

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Newport

Snapshot

Listings: 33

Registration required for rate and service detail.

Northern Ireland

UK region

92 listings · 1 locality

Belfast

Snapshot

Listings: 92

Registration required for rate and service detail.