Balkerne Hill
Colchester, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 80/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 66/100. 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 80/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 50/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 60/100; green-space proximity 66/100; 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 80/100; amenity proximity 45/100; 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 30/100; green-space proximity 66/100; 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 80/100; 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
Balkerne Hill is located in Colchester, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 294 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 (High Street) is 233m 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 2,129; owner-occupied homes 23.1%; social housing 5.6%; retired population 21.3%; average household size 2. There are 8 schools within 2 km, 7 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 54/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 53/100. Its recorded district percentile is 81. 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
Other | 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 Balkerne Hill, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (4)
- The Manor Health & Wellness Centre 200m · 2 min walk
- Reform 346m · 4 min walk
- PureGym 403m · 5 min walk
- The Tree Room 420m · 5 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Colchester Medical Aesthetics 293m · 4 min walk
- The Northgate Centre 541m · 7 min walk
- Colchester Chiropractic Centre 1416m · 18 min walk
- Oaks Hospital 1830m · 23 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Victorian Shrub Garden 641m · 8 min walk
- Rose garden 672m · 8 min walk
- Sunken Garden 695m · 9 min walk
- Castle Park 715m · 9 min walk
- Lower Castle Park 780m · 10 min walk
schools (5)
- St John's Green Primary School 567m · 7 min walk
- Colchester Royal Grammar School 569m · 7 min walk
- North Primary School and Nursery 688m · 9 min walk
- St Helena School 699m · 9 min walk
- Kingswode Hoe School 805m · 10 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- St John's Green — Colchester53
- Balkerne Gardens — Colchester54
- Walsingham Road — Colchester53
- St Botolph's Circus — Colchester54
- Pope's Lane — Colchester55
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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