Desborough Close
City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 40/100; transport-stop proximity 100/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 78/100. 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 100/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 50/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 78/100; 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 100/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 50/100. 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 30/100; market proxy 50/100. Data unavailable: sale price. 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 40/100; green-space proximity 78/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 75/100. 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 100/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 40/100. 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 40/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Desborough Close is located in City of Westminster, near Paddington, Greater London. The associated LSOA area has 197 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 and tram. The nearest mapped stop (Westbourne Terrace / Harrow Road) is 246m 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 1,657; owner-occupied homes 8.7%; social housing 27.9%; retired population 9.9%; average household size 2.7. There are 27 schools within 2 km, 27 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 8 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 134m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 70/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 64/100. Its recorded district percentile is 78. 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
Terraced | Freehold | Transactions: Small transaction sample
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 only 1 transaction. Market data has low statistical confidence for this street.
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 Desborough Close, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (4)
- Little Venice Pilates & Physiotherapy 171m · 2 min walk
- Paddington Sports Club 495m · 6 min walk
- Porchester Centre 528m · 7 min walk
- 1Rebel Bayswater 566m · 7 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Westminster CAMHS 771m · 10 min walk
- St Mary's Hospital 1017m · 13 min walk
- The Wellington Hospital Outpatients 1511m · 19 min walk
- Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth 1537m · 19 min walk
libraries (3)
- Maida Vale Library 395m · 5 min walk
- Paddington Library 489m · 6 min walk
- Little Venice Sports Centre Library 763m · 10 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Westbourne Green Open Space 204m · 3 min walk
- Bloomfield Garden 226m · 3 min walk
- Sutherland South Garden 377m · 5 min walk
- Formosa Garden 442m · 6 min walk
- Porchester Square 449m · 6 min walk
schools (5)
- Edward Wilson Primary School 135m · 2 min walk
- St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School 162m · 2 min walk
- St Saviour's CofE Primary School 279m · 4 min walk
- Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary 282m · 4 min walk
- Ark Atwood Primary Academy 339m · 4 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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