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Steps Close

Exeter, Devon, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 28/100 Transport proximity 90/100 Risk indicators: Medium Low confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 28/100. 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 ProfessionalsGood

Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 60/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

Families
Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 45/100; green-space proximity 28/100; 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
Good

Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 60/100. 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.

Investors
Fair

Available components: liquidity proxy 50/100; market proxy 60/100. Recorded median sale price: £272,500 from 10 transactions. 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.

Retirees
Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; green-space proximity 28/100; 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
Fair

Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 30/100. Recorded median sale price: £272,500 from 10 transactions. 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.

51
Liveability Score
Indicative · relative within Exeter
Top 32% nationally
Low confidence Based on only 10 transactions (limited sample), 5 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.

Limited mapped green-space access

Score 28/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.

How Life Works Here

Steps Close is located in Exeter, Devon. The associated LSOA area has 181 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 (Doctors Surgery) is 153m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £272,500. Based on 10 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,399; owner-occupied homes 36.9%; social housing 3.8%; retired population 16.1%; average household size 2.4. There are 5 schools within 2 km, 5 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 494m away. 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 51/100. Its recorded district percentile is 43. 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 Excellent (90)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Poor (28)

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

Market Value Good (60)

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Fair (45)

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

Property Market

£272,500
Median Price
10
Transactions (2016–2025)

Semi-Detached | Freehold | Transactions: Some recorded transactions

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.

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 Steps Close, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (3)

hospitals (2)

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Transport Links

Doctors Surgery bus_stop153m
Pinhoe Rail Station rail_station174m
Railway Station bus_stop187m
Tithebarn Way bus_stop308m
Pinn Lane bus_stop324m

Similar Streets

Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.

Data Transparency

5 open data sources
68% 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.

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