Oswald Close
County Durham, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 51/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
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Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
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Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 50/100; green-space proximity 51/100; 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 40/100; amenity proximity 45/100; 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 30/100; green-space proximity 51/100; 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 40/100; 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
Oswald Close is located in County Durham, near Durham. The associated LSOA area has 217 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: bus. The nearest mapped stop (Bingo) is 191m 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 1,737; owner-occupied homes 10%; social housing 32.3%; retired population 9.2%; average household size 2.5. There are 4 schools within 2 km, 4 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Primary schools are nearby, though secondary options may require travel. The nearest school is just 435m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families at 41/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 43/100. Its recorded district percentile is 45. 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 Oswald Close, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (5)
- The Unity Gym 331m · 4 min walk
- Ross Thompson Personal Trainer 619m · 8 min walk
- PureGym 749m · 9 min walk
- CrossFit DHM 866m · 11 min walk
- Unique Health Clubs 926m · 12 min walk
hospitals (1)
- Durham Diagnostic & Treatment Centre 1464m · 18 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Sherburn Road nature area 575m · 7 min walk
- Old Durham Gardens 846m · 11 min walk
- Pelaw Woods Local Nature Reserve 861m · 11 min walk
- Meadowfield 1157m · 14 min walk
- Gilesgate Park 1271m · 16 min walk
schools (5)
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 436m · 6 min walk
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 520m · 6 min walk
- St Hild's College Church of England Aided Primary School, Durham 535m · 7 min walk
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School 923m · 12 min walk
- Belmont Community School 1557m · 20 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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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.