Railway Square
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 80/100; daily amenities 26/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 76/100. 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 80/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 26/100. 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 76/100; daily amenities 26/100. 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 80/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 26/100. 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 76/100; daily amenities 26/100; amenity proximity 60/100. 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 80/100; daily amenities 26/100; 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.
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 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 26/100. Check the available shops and services against your daily needs.
Score 15/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Railway Square is located in Chelmsford, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 440 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 2 nearby amenities. The closest is Essex Barbers Lounge (hairdresser, 75m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (The Ship) is 72m 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 1,267; owner-occupied homes 15.9%; social housing 6.3%; retired population 6.2%; average household size 1.8. There are 14 schools within 2 km, 13 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 3 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 254m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. 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 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
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Railway Square, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (4)
- Anytime Fitness 182m · 2 min walk
- Hot Yoga 204m · 2 min walk
- YMCA 385m · 5 min walk
- F45 Training 588m · 7 min walk
hospitals (5)
- Chelmsford and Essex (C&E) Centre 800m · 10 min walk
- Chelmsford Osteopathic Practice 993m · 12 min walk
- COVID Vaccination Centre 1581m · 20 min walk
- Priory Hospital Chelmsford 1664m · 21 min walk
- The Children's Centre Moulsham Grange 1774m · 22 min walk
libraries (2)
- Chelmsford Central Library 441m · 6 min walk
- ARU Library 627m · 8 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Frank Whitmore Green 367m · 5 min walk
- Central Park Memorial Gardens 459m · 6 min walk
- Cathedral Gardens 509m · 6 min walk
- Bell Meadow 658m · 8 min walk
- Sky Blue Pasture 669m · 8 min walk
schools (5)
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford 254m · 3 min walk
- Maltese Road Primary School 474m · 6 min walk
- Chelmsford County High School for Girls 593m · 7 min walk
- The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford 648m · 8 min walk
- Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 901m · 11 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- New Street — Chelmsford50
- Orchard Street — Chelmsford50
- Regina Road — Chelmsford50
- Glebe Road — Chelmsford54
- Hamlet Road — Chelmsford50
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.
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