French's Walk
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 20/100; green-space proximity 50/100. 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: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 55/100; green-space proximity 50/100; 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 90/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. 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: area-safety proxy 15/100; green-space proximity 50/100; 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 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. Data unavailable: sale price. 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.
Weighted liveability indicators
Access, transport, services
Transport-hub proxy classification. This uses mapped services and recorded incident counts. Footfall, noise and suitability for settled living have not been measured.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Flood Zone 3 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.
Mapped location intersects Flood Zone 3. Check the official map for the specific property; this does not determine insurance requirements.
Score 15/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
Score 20/100. Consult the official flood map for the specific property and relevant flood types.
How Life Works Here
French's Walk is located in Chelmsford, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 1115 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: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Town Centre Tesco Store) is 259m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,053; owner-occupied homes 19.3%; social housing 5.2%; retired population 11.7%; average household size 1.8. There are 8 schools within 2 km, 8 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. This street falls within Flood Zone 3 — a high-risk area for flooding from river sources. Check the official map for the specific property; this intersection does not determine insurance requirements. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 58/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 35/100. Its recorded district percentile is 6. 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
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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from French's Walk, with detailed information for each.
hospitals (4)
- Chelmsford Osteopathic Practice 293m · 4 min walk
- Chelmsford and Essex (C&E) Centre 469m · 6 min walk
- Priory Hospital Chelmsford 1578m · 20 min walk
- Springfield Green Clinic 1598m · 20 min walk
libraries (2)
- Chelmsford Central Library 629m · 8 min walk
- ARU Library 1131m · 14 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Bell Meadow 463m · 6 min walk
- Sky Blue Pasture 486m · 6 min walk
- Cathedral Gardens 546m · 7 min walk
- Central Park Memorial Gardens 709m · 9 min walk
- Frank Whitmore Green 836m · 10 min walk
schools (5)
- Trinity Road Primary School 599m · 8 min walk
- Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 631m · 8 min walk
- The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford 646m · 8 min walk
- Moulsham Infant School 1271m · 16 min walk
- Moulsham Junior School 1271m · 16 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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- Sandringham Place — Chelmsford44
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. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.