Lower Free Lane
City of Leicester, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 70/100; daily amenities 16/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 65/100. 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 70/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 16/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 60/100; green-space proximity 65/100; daily amenities 16/100. 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 70/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 16/100. 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 65/100; daily amenities 16/100; 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 70/100; daily amenities 16/100; 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 16/100. 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
Lower Free Lane is located in City of Leicester, near Leicester. The associated LSOA area has 5350 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 1 nearby amenities. The closest is Royal Standard (pub, 19m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Charles Street) is 68m 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 2,836; owner-occupied homes 2.7%; social housing 8.6%; retired population 1.3%; average household size 3.9. There are 10 schools within 2 km, 9 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 young professionals 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 45/100. Its recorded district percentile is 41. 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 Lower Free Lane, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- PureGym 443m · 6 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Haymarket Health 159m · 2 min walk
- CHEC Leicester 514m · 6 min walk
- Leicester Royal Infirmary 1072m · 13 min walk
- Leicester Sports Medicine Clinic 1965m · 25 min walk
libraries (4)
- Leicester Central Library 323m · 4 min walk
- St Matthews Library 801m · 10 min walk
- Highfields Library 1148m · 14 min walk
- David Wilson Library 1745m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Town Hall Square 259m · 3 min walk
- Leicester Cathedral Gardens 473m · 6 min walk
- Museum Square Park 725m · 9 min walk
- Bushy Park 768m · 10 min walk
- Staff Secret Garden 932m · 12 min walk
schools (5)
- Moat Community College 778m · 10 min walk
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School 915m · 11 min walk
- Slater Primary School 1048m · 13 min walk
- The Children's Hospital School 1054m · 13 min walk
- Hazel Community Primary School 1385m · 17 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Free Lane — City of Leicester47
- Clarence Street — City of Leicester45
- Clyde Street — City of Leicester46
- Rutland Street — City of Leicester46
- Potter Street — City of Leicester42
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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