Is Queen's Road in Chelmsford safe?

Queen's Road has an area-safety proxy score of 45/100. It uses recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not a population-adjusted crime rate or a prediction of personal safety. Based on police.uk open data.

Queen's Road

Chelmsford, Essex, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 30/100 Transport proximity 50/100 Risk indicators: Data incomplete Low confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 45/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 30/100. 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.

Highest profile: FamiliesFair

Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; family indicators 65/100; green-space proximity 30/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

Families

Fair

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.

Young Professionals

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; 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.

Retirees

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; green-space proximity 30/100; 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.

First-time Buyers

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 45/100. 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.

Liveability Score

Indicative · relative within Chelmsford

Top 46% nationally

Low confidence Based on no transaction data, 4 data sources

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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Things You Should Know

Limited mapped green-space access

Score 30/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.

How Life Works Here

Queen's Road is located in Chelmsford, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 100 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 (Hill Road) is 145m 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 1,813; owner-occupied homes 27.6%; social housing 13.1%; retired population 11.7%; average household size 2.7. There are 9 schools within 2 km, 9 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 148m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families at 47/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 48/100. Its recorded district percentile is 47. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.

Nearby Services (5 km)

Score Breakdown

Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.

Safety (area) Fair (45)

police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted

Daily Access Low (30)

OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km

Transport Fair (50)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Low (30)

OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality

Market Value Data unavailable

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Good (65)

GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators

Amenity proximity Fair (45)

Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment

Energy Data unavailable

EPC Register — awaiting public API access

Flood Risk Excellent (90)

English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately

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Public Services Nearby

Public facilities within walking distance from Queen's Road, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (3)

PureGym 429m · 5 min walk
Riverside Leisure Centre 477m · 6 min walk
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing 644m · 8 min walk

hospitals (4)

Chelmsford Osteopathic Practice 252m · 3 min walk
Chelmsford and Essex (C&E) Centre 893m · 11 min walk
Priory Hospital Chelmsford 1180m · 15 min walk
Springfield Green Clinic 1188m · 15 min walk

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libraries (3)

Chelmsford Central Library 905m · 11 min walk
ARU Library 1051m · 13 min walk
Chelmsford library 1571m · 20 min walk

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parks & green spaces (5)

Cathedral Gardens 739m · 9 min walk
Bell Meadow 824m · 10 min walk
Sky Blue Pasture 861m · 11 min walk
Chelmer Valley Riverside LNR 1191m · 15 min walk
Springfield Hall Park 1351m · 17 min walk

schools (5)

Trinity Road Primary School 148m · 2 min walk
The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford 616m · 8 min walk
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 1076m · 13 min walk
The Tyrrells School 1535m · 19 min walk
Perryfields Infant School 1836m · 23 min walk

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Transport Links

Hill Road bus_stop145m

Trinity Road Corner bus_stop151m

Brockley Road bus_stop151m

Wharf Road bus_stop171m

Chelmsford Rail Station rail_station1039m

Similar Streets

Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.

Hill Road — Chelmsford
49
Springfield Park Hill — Chelmsford
47
Lady Lane — Chelmsford
47
Lonebarn Link — Chelmsford
49
Goldlay Avenue — Chelmsford
49

Data Transparency

4 open data sources

45% data uniqueness

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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.