Russell Square
City of Leicester, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 88/100. 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 30/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 88/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 88/100; 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 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.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; green-space proximity 88/100; 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 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 30/100. 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
Score 30/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Russell Square is located in City of Leicester, near Leicester. The associated LSOA area has 203 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 (George Street) is 195m 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 2,464; owner-occupied homes 12%; social housing 28.4%; retired population 6.8%; average household size 3.4. There are 11 schools within 2 km, 9 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 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 56/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 52/100. Its recorded district percentile is 82. 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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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Russell Square, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Mattioli Arena 366m · 5 min walk
- PureGym 1013m · 13 min walk
hospitals (3)
- CHEC Leicester 243m · 3 min walk
- Haymarket Health 685m · 9 min walk
- Leicester Royal Infirmary 1829m · 23 min walk
libraries (5)
- St Matthews Library 478m · 6 min walk
- Belgrave Library 1066m · 13 min walk
- Leicester Central Library 1080m · 14 min walk
- Highfields Library 1308m · 16 min walk
- Fosse Library 1692m · 21 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Bushy Park 158m · 2 min walk
- Friendship Gardens 690m · 9 min walk
- Abbey Park 694m · 9 min walk
- Garden of the Senses 856m · 11 min walk
- Town Hall Square 1014m · 13 min walk
schools (5)
- Catherine Junior School 762m · 10 min walk
- Catherine Infant School 952m · 12 min walk
- Moat Community College 1058m · 13 min walk
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy 1086m · 14 min walk
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School 1318m · 16 min walk
Transport Links
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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.