Is Meaford Drive in City of Stoke-on-Trent safe?

Meaford Drive has an area-safety proxy score of 30/100. 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.

Meaford Drive

City of Stoke-on-Trent, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 40/100 Transport proximity 40/100 Risk indicators: Data incomplete Low confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 32/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 40/100. 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.

All available profile scores are below 45/100.

Review the component scores and missing data against your own requirements.

Families

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 60/100; green-space proximity 40/100; daily amenities 32/100. 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.

Young Professionals

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 32/100. 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 30/100; green-space proximity 40/100; daily amenities 32/100; 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.

First-time Buyers

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 32/100; 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.

Liveability Score

Indicative · relative within City of Stoke-on-Trent

Low confidence Based on no transaction data, 5 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

Low area-safety score

Score 30/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.

How Life Works Here

Meaford Drive is located in City of Stoke-on-Trent, near Stoke-on-Trent. The associated LSOA area has 166 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 Hollybush Community Centre (community centre, 42m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: bus. The nearest mapped stop (Hollybush Road) is 392m 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 1,556; owner-occupied homes 23.1%; social housing 21.1%; retired population 9.1%; average household size 2.8. There are 9 schools within 2 km, 9 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 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 44/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 44/100. Its recorded district percentile is 46. 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) Low (30)

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

Daily Access Low (32)

OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km

Transport Low (40)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Low (40)

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

Market Value Data unavailable

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Good (60)

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

Amenity proximity Good (60)

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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Nearby Amenities

Hollybush Community Centre42m (0.5 min walk)

Bush Babies Children's Nursery59m (0.7 min walk)

Public Services Nearby

Public facilities within walking distance from Meaford Drive, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (2)

Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing Gym 640m · 8 min walk
JD Gyms 1435m · 18 min walk

parks & green spaces (5)

Cockster Brook Community Park 676m · 8 min walk
Mount Pleasant Recreation Ground 1016m · 13 min walk
Glebedale Park 1116m · 14 min walk
Winifred Gardens 1377m · 17 min walk
Albert Square 1424m · 18 min walk

schools (5)

The Meadows Primary Academy 609m · 8 min walk
Heron Cross Primary School 719m · 9 min walk
Sutherland Primary Academy 1202m · 15 min walk
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy 1359m · 17 min walk
Kemball School 1359m · 17 min walk

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Transport Links

Hollybush Road bus_stop392m

Cemlyn Avenue bus_stop411m

Highfield Drive bus_stop479m

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Data Transparency

5 open data sources

57% 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.

Data updated: 11 September 2026