Alcester Road
Birmingham, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 93/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 36/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £229,950 from 187 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 50/100; green-space proximity 36/100; daily amenities 93/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 93/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £229,950 from 187 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; green-space proximity 36/100; daily amenities 93/100; amenity proximity 75/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 93/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. Recorded median sale price: £229,950 from 187 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
Check the official flood map for your propertyThings You Should Know
Area safety score 15/100 — based on recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not this specific street. Counts are not adjusted for population and do not establish an above-average crime rate.
Score 15/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
Score 36/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Alcester Road is located in Birmingham. The associated LSOA area has 318 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. The dataset records 13 nearby amenities. The closest is Baggaley Chemist (pharmacy, 21m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail. The nearest mapped stop (Moseley Village Rail Station) is 167m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £229,950, with a +36% difference between the sampled annual medians five years apart; this is not repeat-sales appreciation or a forecast. Based on 187 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,531; owner-occupied homes 23.2%; social housing 9.4%; retired population 17.5%; average household size 2.1. There are 18 schools within 2 km, 16 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 196m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 78/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 54/100. Its recorded district percentile is 94. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Flat/Maisonette | Leasehold | Transactions: High recorded volume
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Alcester Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Creation Climbing Centre & Skate Park 893m · 11 min walk
- The Gym 926m · 12 min walk
hospitals (2)
- Birmingham Private clinic 1037m · 13 min walk
- Sparkhill Dialysis Centre 1559m · 20 min walk
libraries (3)
- Kings Heath Library 982m · 12 min walk
- Balsall Heath Library 1402m · 18 min walk
- Sparkhill Library 1652m · 21 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Moseley Park 372m · 5 min walk
- Balsall Heath Park 1027m · 13 min walk
- Cannon Hill Park 1124m · 14 min walk
- Highbury Park 1140m · 14 min walk
- Pickwick Park 1425m · 18 min walk
schools (5)
- King David Primary School 196m · 2 min walk
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School 540m · 7 min walk
- Park Hill Primary School 575m · 7 min walk
- SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School 608m · 8 min walk
- Kings Heath Primary School 960m · 12 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Francis Road — Birmingham51
- Waterloo Road — Birmingham54
- Kingsfield Road — Birmingham53
- Cheshunt Place — Birmingham56
- Hylton Street — Birmingham54
Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees.
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