Simons Lane Magdalen Green
Colchester, Essex, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 54/100. 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 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 45/100; green-space proximity 54/100; 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 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; 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 15/100; green-space proximity 54/100; daily amenities 30/100; 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.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. 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
Area safety score 15/100 — 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.
Score 15/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Simons Lane Magdalen Green is located in Colchester, Essex. The associated LSOA area has 325 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 (Wimpole Road) is 78m 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 1,575; owner-occupied homes 10.4%; social housing 17.8%; retired population 5.2%; average household size 2.4. There are 5 schools within 2 km, 5 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Primary schools are nearby, though secondary options may require travel. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 63/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 49/100. Its recorded district percentile is 59. 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 Simons Lane Magdalen Green, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Colchester Climbing Project 494m · 6 min walk
- The Gym 733m · 9 min walk
hospitals (3)
- Colchester Chiropractic Centre 877m · 11 min walk
- Colchester Medical Aesthetics 1133m · 14 min walk
- The Northgate Centre 1548m · 19 min walk
libraries (2)
- Colchester library 971m · 12 min walk
- Greenstead library 1750m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Meanwhile Garden 661m · 8 min walk
- Love Hill Lawn 692m · 9 min walk
- Sensory Garden 752m · 9 min walk
- Bourne Valley 1029m · 13 min walk
- Cowdray Marsh 1062m · 13 min walk
schools (5)
- St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester 515m · 6 min walk
- St James' the Great Church of England Primary School 700m · 9 min walk
- St. George's School 745m · 9 min walk
- St John's Green Primary School 971m · 12 min walk
- Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery 1507m · 19 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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- Tangerine Close — Colchester50
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.