Buckingham Palace Road

City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 84/100 Transport proximity 90/100 Risk indicators: Medium High confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 25/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 87/100; flood mapping 50/100; green-space proximity 84/100. 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.

Highest profile: Young ProfessionalsExcellent

Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 90/100; daily amenities 87/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

Families
Fair

Available components: area-safety proxy 25/100; family indicators 55/100; green-space proximity 84/100; daily amenities 87/100. 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
Excellent

Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 90/100; daily amenities 87/100; market proxy 65/100. 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.

Investors
Excellent

Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £1,475,000 from 288 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.

Retirees
Good

Available components: area-safety proxy 25/100; green-space proximity 84/100; daily amenities 87/100; amenity proximity 90/100. 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 90/100; daily amenities 87/100; area-safety proxy 25/100. Recorded median sale price: £1,475,000 from 288 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.

50
Liveability

Weighted liveability indicators

65
Functionality

Access, transport, services

Transport-hub proxy classification. This uses mapped services and recorded incident counts. Footfall, noise and suitability for settled living have not been measured.

Flood mapping

The mapped street point is classified as Flood Zone 2 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

Area safety score 25/100 — 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.

Low area-safety score

Score 25/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.

How Life Works Here

Buckingham Palace Road is located in City of Westminster, Greater London. The associated LSOA area has 1427 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 11 nearby amenities. The closest is Pret A Manger (fast food, 34m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus and tram. The nearest mapped stop (Victoria Station) is 98m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £1,475,000, with a +22% difference between the sampled annual medians five years apart; this is not repeat-sales appreciation or a forecast. Based on 288 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,581; owner-occupied homes 11.3%; social housing 20.5%; retired population 19.8%; average household size 1.9. There are 11 schools within 2 km, 11 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 area sits within Flood Zone 2 (sea flooding), indicating medium flood risk. It is worth checking the Environment Agency flood map for current details. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 87/100. 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 7. 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) Poor (25)

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

Daily Access Excellent (87)

OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km

Transport Excellent (90)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Excellent (84)

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

Market Value Good (65)

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Fair (55)

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

Amenity proximity Excellent (90)

Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment

Energy Data unavailable

EPC Register — awaiting public API access

Flood Risk Fair (50)

English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately

Property Market

£1,475,000
Median Price
288
Transactions (2014–2026)
+22.5%
Five-year median sale-price difference

Flat/Maisonette | Leasehold | Transactions: High recorded volume

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.

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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Nearby Amenities

Pret A Manger34m (0.4 min walk)
Boots37m (0.5 min walk)
Caffè Nero40m (0.5 min walk)
Starbucks42m (0.5 min walk)
McDonald's42m (0.5 min walk)
Prezzo45m (0.6 min walk)
LEON50m (0.6 min walk)
Costa53m (0.7 min walk)
Next60m (0.8 min walk)
Frankie & Benny's68m (0.8 min walk)

Public Services Nearby

Public facilities within walking distance from Buckingham Palace Road, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (3)

hospitals (2)

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libraries (3)

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parks & green spaces (5)

schools (5)

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Transport Links

Victoria Station bus_stop98m
Green Line Coach Station bus_stop132m
London Victoria Rail Station rail_station148m
Victoria Underground Station rail_station230m
Victoria Underground Station metro_station299m
Victoria Station tram_stop321m

Similar Streets

Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.

Data Transparency

6 open data sources
80% data uniqueness
View all data sources
  • 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.

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