High Street
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 75/100; flood mapping 50/100; green-space proximity 82/100. 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 75/100; daily amenities 75/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 55/100; green-space proximity 82/100; daily amenities 75/100. 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 75/100; daily amenities 75/100; 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: £520,950 from 41 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 82/100; daily amenities 75/100; 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 90/100; daily amenities 75/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. Recorded median sale price: £520,950 from 41 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.
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 2 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.
How Life Works Here
High Street 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. The dataset records 8 nearby amenities. The closest is Costa (cafe, 15m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (High Chelmer) is 49m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £520,950. Based on 41 transactions recorded since 2014. 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 9 schools within 2 km, 9 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 453m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The area sits within Flood Zone 2 (river flooding), indicating medium flood risk. It is worth checking the Environment Agency flood map for current details. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 79/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 50/100. Its recorded district percentile is 56. 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
Other | 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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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from High Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (4)
- The Gym 151m · 2 min walk
- PureGym 208m · 3 min walk
- F45 Training 233m · 3 min walk
- YMCA 485m · 6 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Chelmsford and Essex (C&E) Centre 317m · 4 min walk
- Chelmsford Osteopathic Practice 376m · 5 min walk
- The Children's Centre Moulsham Grange 1550m · 19 min walk
- Priory Hospital Chelmsford 1554m · 19 min walk
libraries (2)
- Chelmsford Central Library 313m · 4 min walk
- ARU Library 899m · 11 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Bell Meadow 201m · 2 min walk
- Sky Blue Pasture 241m · 3 min walk
- Cathedral Gardens 242m · 3 min walk
- Central Park Memorial Gardens 413m · 5 min walk
- Frank Whitmore Green 533m · 7 min walk
schools (5)
- The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford 453m · 6 min walk
- Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 518m · 6 min walk
- Trinity Road Primary School 724m · 9 min walk
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford 973m · 12 min walk
- Chelmsford County High School for Girls 1211m · 15 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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- Grays Brewery Yard — Chelmsford45
- Friars Walk — Chelmsford47
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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