Preston Road
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 55/100; transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 39/100. 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 70/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £282,500 from 28 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 55/100; family indicators 75/100; green-space proximity 39/100; daily amenities 30/100. 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 40/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; 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 70/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £282,500 from 28 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 55/100; green-space proximity 39/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. 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 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 55/100. Recorded median sale price: £282,500 from 28 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.
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Score 39/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Preston Road is located in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, near Poole. The associated LSOA area has 122 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. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: bus. The nearest mapped stop (Preston Road) is 121m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £282,500. Based on 28 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,735; owner-occupied homes 40.4%; social housing 4.1%; retired population 22%; average household size 2.5. There are 8 schools within 2 km, 8 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 200m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 68/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 52/100. Its recorded district percentile is 62. 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
Semi-Detached | Freehold | Transactions: Moderate 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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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Preston Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (3)
- Bayside Fitness Club 316m · 4 min walk
- The Gym 744m · 9 min walk
- David Lloyd Clubs 1376m · 17 min walk
hospitals (2)
- Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust 677m · 8 min walk
- Poole General Hospital 1600m · 20 min walk
libraries (4)
- Oakdale Library 378m · 5 min walk
- Canford Heath Library 1623m · 20 min walk
- Creekmoor Library 1684m · 21 min walk
- Poole Central Library 1719m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- St George's playing field 483m · 6 min walk
- Oakdale Community Park 514m · 6 min walk
- Pergin Way Park 915m · 11 min walk
- Sterte Green 1288m · 16 min walk
- Jubilee Gardens 1720m · 22 min walk
schools (5)
- Stanley Green Infant Academy 201m · 2 min walk
- Longspee Academy 1017m · 13 min walk
- Canford Heath Infant School 1017m · 13 min walk
- Canford Heath Junior School 1017m · 13 min walk
- Poole High School 1044m · 13 min walk
Transport Links
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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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