Robert Close
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 55/100; transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 49/100. 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: area-safety proxy 55/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 49/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 55/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 49/100; 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 40/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 55/100. 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 50/100; market proxy 55/100. Recorded median sale price: £345,000 from 8 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 55/100; green-space proximity 49/100; 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 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 55/100. Recorded median sale price: £345,000 from 8 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.
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
Robert Close is located in Chelmsford, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 131 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: bus. The nearest mapped stop (Aldi) is 168m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £345,000. Based on 8 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,499; owner-occupied homes 41.5%; social housing 0.8%; retired population 19.5%; average household size 2.6. There are 10 schools within 2 km, 10 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 families at 61/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 53/100. Its recorded district percentile is 74. 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
Detached | Freehold | Transactions: Some recorded transactions
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.
Based on 8 transactions. Moderate sample — prices may not fully represent current market value.
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 Robert Close, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (4)
- Springfield Cricket Club 392m · 5 min walk
- Chelmsford Rugby Club 433m · 5 min walk
- Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing 1406m · 18 min walk
- Riverside Leisure Centre 1705m · 21 min walk
hospitals (5)
- Springfield Green Clinic 628m · 8 min walk
- Priory Hospital Chelmsford 695m · 9 min walk
- Skin Sense GP Clinic 1035m · 13 min walk
- Springfield Hospital 1478m · 18 min walk
- Chelmsford Osteopathic Practice 1764m · 22 min walk
libraries (3)
- Chelmsford library 158m · 2 min walk
- Springfield library 838m · 10 min walk
- ARU Library 1753m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Coronation Park 394m · 5 min walk
- Chelmer Village Green 869m · 11 min walk
- Hogarth Court 997m · 12 min walk
- Hunters Way Play Area 1297m · 16 min walk
- Wild Meadow 1302m · 16 min walk
schools (5)
- The Tyrrells School 584m · 7 min walk
- Barnes Farm Primary School 685m · 9 min walk
- The Boswells School 852m · 11 min walk
- The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School 895m · 11 min walk
- Springfield Primary School 1202m · 15 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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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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