Fourth Avenue
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 74/100. 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: £400,000 from 39 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 74/100; 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 50/100; 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: £400,000 from 39 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 74/100; 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 50/100; daily amenities 30/100. Recorded median sale price: £400,000 from 39 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.
Check the official flood map for your propertyHow Life Works Here
Fourth Avenue is located in Chelmsford, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 39 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: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (The Drive) is 121m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £400,000. Based on 39 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,615; owner-occupied homes 40.2%; social housing 0.4%; retired population 19.1%; average household size 2.5. There are 10 schools within 2 km, 9 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 3 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. 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 60/100. Its recorded district percentile is 97. 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 Fourth Avenue, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (5)
- The Old Factory 999m · 12 min walk
- Ab Salute Gym 1116m · 14 min walk
- YMCA 1306m · 16 min walk
- Hot Yoga 1325m · 17 min walk
- Anytime Fitness 1405m · 18 min walk
hospitals (5)
- COVID Vaccination Centre 1091m · 14 min walk
- Springfield Hospital 1318m · 16 min walk
- Priory Hospital Chelmsford 1544m · 19 min walk
- Chelmsford Osteopathic Practice 1854m · 23 min walk
- Chelmsford and Essex (C&E) Centre 1978m · 25 min walk
libraries (4)
- ARU Library 935m · 12 min walk
- Broomfield library 1556m · 20 min walk
- Chelmsford Central Library 1603m · 20 min walk
- North Melbourne library 1737m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Fifth Avenue Recreation Ground 417m · 5 min walk
- Brownings Avenue Play Area 555m · 7 min walk
- Springfield Hall Park (North) 645m · 8 min walk
- Chelmer Valley Riverside LNR 842m · 10 min walk
- Andrews Park 875m · 11 min walk
schools (5)
- St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford 512m · 6 min walk
- St Pius X Catholic Primary School 543m · 7 min walk
- Chelmsford County High School for Girls 633m · 8 min walk
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford 1015m · 13 min walk
- Maltese Road Primary School 1018m · 13 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Third Avenue — Chelmsford59
- Nursery Road — Chelmsford59
- Martingale Drive — Chelmsford59
- Town Croft — Chelmsford61
- Hunters Way — Chelmsford58
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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