The University Covid Car Park Rankings

The rankings of our times

We've compared universities' Covid cases to their car parking spaces, and ranked them accordingly. Genius, we know.

Covid case data is from the UCU Covid Dashboard*, and we've only used official data. And so, if anything, the universities in there rankings are all winners for being open and transparent about Covid on their campuses. Car parking data is from the lovely HESA**. All data is from March-ish 2021.

Health warning: Do not make any life-changing decisions based on this dodgy data. Table is for novelty purposes only. Stay safe.

The University Covid Car Park Rankings

Rank University Total number of Covid cases* Total number of car parking spaces** Number of Covid cases per car parking space
1 Cranfield University 65 2044 0.03
2 Aberystwyth University 141 2930 0.05
3 Glyndwr University 72 1368 0.05
4 University of Wales, Trinity Saint David 185 1415 0.13
5 St Andrews, University of 138 1023 0.13
6 Harper Adams University 198 1426 0.14
7 Brunel University 318 2221 0.14
8 Hertfordshire, University of 522 3502 0.15
9 University of South Wales 510 3371 0.15
10 Kent, University of 426 2525 0.17
11 Bangor University 341 1814 0.19
12 Wolverhampton, University of 361 1880 0.19
13 Cardiff Metropolitan University 311 1605 0.19
14 Reading, University of 475 2256 0.21
15 Cambridge, University of 897 3560 0.25
16 Surrey, University of 519 2015 0.26
17 Aberdeen, The University of 408 1528 0.27
18 Keele University 633 2350 0.27
19 Leicester, University of 574 2060 0.28
20 Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) 426 1211 0.35
21 York, University of 962 2366 0.41
22 Salford, University of 806 1928 0.42
23 Winchester, University of 198 473 0.42
24 Buckinghamshire New University 233 530 0.44
25 Swansea University 725 1630 0.44
26 Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) 304 676 0.45
27 Bradford, University of 387 857 0.45
28 Dundee, University of 404 765 0.53
29 Sussex, University of 1010 1908 0.53
30 Brighton, University of 594 997 0.60
31 Cardiff University 1421 2078 0.68
32 Manchester, The University of 2589 3597 0.72
33 De Montfort University (DMU) 701 966 0.73
34 Sheffield, University of 1712 2340 0.73
35 Liverpool, University of 1512 1890 0.80
36 Bath, University of 911 1000 0.91
37 Leeds, University of 1748 1893 0.92
38 Oxford, University of 1242 983 1.26
39 King's College London (KCL) 914 151 6.05
40 London School of Economics (LSE) 391 56 6.98
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