Is St Margaret's Close in Dacorum safe?

St Margaret's Close has an area-safety proxy score of 30/100. It uses recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not a population-adjusted crime rate or a prediction of personal safety. Based on police.uk open data.

St Margaret's Close

Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 48/100 Transport proximity 50/100 Risk indicators: Data incomplete Low confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 48/100. 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 ProfessionalsFair

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

Families

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 50/100; green-space proximity 48/100; 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.

Young Professionals

Fair

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; 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.

Retirees

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; green-space proximity 48/100; 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.

First-time Buyers

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; 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.

Liveability Score

Indicative · relative within Dacorum

Low confidence Based on no transaction data, 4 data sources

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.

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Things You Should Know

Low area-safety score

Score 30/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.

How Life Works Here

St Margaret's Close is located in Dacorum, near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The associated LSOA area has 156 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 (Woodlands Avenue) is 194m 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 1,554; owner-occupied homes 26.3%; social housing 18.3%; retired population 12.1%; average household size 2.4. There are 4 schools within 2 km, 3 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 330m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 48/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 45/100. Its recorded district percentile is 30. 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) Low (30)

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

Daily Access Low (30)

OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km

Transport Fair (50)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Fair (48)

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

Market Value Data unavailable

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Fair (50)

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

Amenity proximity Good (60)

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

Energy Data unavailable

EPC Register — awaiting public API access

Flood Risk Excellent (90)

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

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Public Services Nearby

Public facilities within walking distance from St Margaret's Close, with detailed information for each.

libraries (2)

Berkhamsted 1014m · 13 min walk
Berkhamsted Library 1027m · 13 min walk

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parks & green spaces (5)

Velvet Lawn 334m · 4 min walk
Memorial Garden 572m · 7 min walk
Butts Meadow 966m · 12 min walk
The Moor 1050m · 13 min walk
Canal Fields park 1399m · 18 min walk

schools (5)

Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery 330m · 4 min walk
Ashlyns School 655m · 8 min walk
Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School 887m · 11 min walk
The Thomas Coram Church of England School 889m · 11 min walk
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1906m · 24 min walk

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Transport Links

Woodlands Avenue bus_stop194m

Sycamore Rise bus_stop262m

Holly Drive bus_stop280m

Oak Drive bus_stop289m

Thomas Coram School bus_stop296m

Berkhamsted Rail Station rail_station1136m

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Data Transparency

4 open data sources

45% data uniqueness

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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.