This innovation stems from the Borough of Brent, just outside of London.  To mitigate the wide discrepancy of poor housing, poor education, high crime, poor environment and worklessness, within Brent’s neighborhoods, compared to London, the borough developed an evidence based approach.  They developed socio-economic indicators, and mapped them at the ward and street levels using GIS technology.  Simultaneously, they utilized local people to gather evidence from within the social networks of the neighborhoods.  Through the analysis and data, the borough could better understand and provide the resources in order to stabilize the neighborhoods in a sustainable way.  The efforts have lead to a 60% decrease in worklessness and 35% reductions in burglary cases. This program received the prestigious Beacon Innovation Award.