Downsway
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 40/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. 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: £336,250 from 46 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 80/100; green-space proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £336,250 from 46 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: green-space proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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. Recorded median sale price: £336,250 from 46 transactions. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. 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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Downsway is located in Chelmsford, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 62 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 11 of the 12 selected months. Coverage is insufficient for an annual safety score. 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 (Medical Centre) is 171m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £336,250. Based on 46 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,462; owner-occupied homes 32.6%; social housing 1.6%; retired population 17.6%; average household size 2.3. There are 7 schools within 2 km, 7 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 362m 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 52/100. Its recorded district percentile is 68. 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: 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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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Downsway, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (5)
- Springfield Cricket Club 1464m · 18 min walk
- Chelmsford Rugby Club 1610m · 20 min walk
- Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing 1646m · 21 min walk
- The Old Factory 1678m · 21 min walk
- Falcon Bowling Club 1766m · 22 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Springfield Hospital 178m · 2 min walk
- Priory Hospital Chelmsford 1073m · 13 min walk
- Springfield Green Clinic 1100m · 14 min walk
- Skin Sense GP Clinic 1853m · 23 min walk
libraries (4)
- Springfield library 711m · 9 min walk
- Broomfield library 1433m · 18 min walk
- Chelmsford library 1467m · 18 min walk
- ARU Library 1627m · 20 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Hogarth Court 509m · 6 min walk
- Springfield Hall Park (North) 774m · 10 min walk
- Hunters Way Play Area 839m · 10 min walk
- Springfield Hall Park 1072m · 13 min walk
- The Chase 1263m · 16 min walk
schools (5)
- Perryfields Junior School 363m · 4 min walk
- Perryfields Infant School 363m · 4 min walk
- Springfield Primary School 455m · 6 min walk
- The Boswells School 483m · 6 min walk
- The Tyrrells School 810m · 10 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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- Berwick Avenue — Chelmsford50
- Skylark Walk — Chelmsford52
- Wallasea Gardens — Chelmsford52
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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