Vicar's Close
Hackney, Greater London, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 55/100; transport-stop proximity 100/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 96/100. 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: area-safety proxy 55/100; family indicators 80/100; green-space proximity 96/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 55/100; family indicators 80/100; green-space proximity 96/100; 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 100/100; 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 55/100; green-space proximity 96/100; 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 100/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 55/100. 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 propertyHow Life Works Here
Vicar's Close is located in Hackney, Greater London. The associated LSOA area has 129 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 and tram. The nearest mapped stop (Fremont Street) is 103m 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 1,443; owner-occupied homes 18.6%; social housing 15.5%; retired population 11.5%; average household size 2.3. There are 39 schools within 2 km, 39 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 15 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 212m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families at 70/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 70/100. Its recorded district percentile is 95. 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 Vicar's Close, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (3)
- Basis 456m · 6 min walk
- F45 Training 493m · 6 min walk
- Anytime Fitness 561m · 7 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Primrose Resource Centre 455m · 6 min walk
- Clockwork Private Health Centre 1515m · 19 min walk
- Community Health Services 1718m · 22 min walk
- Homerton University Hospital 1865m · 23 min walk
libraries (4)
- Hackney Central Library 1017m · 13 min walk
- Homerton Library 1752m · 22 min walk
- Dalston CLR James Library 1804m · 22 min walk
- Shoreditch Library 1910m · 24 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Christchurch Square 54m · 1 min walk
- Warburton & Darcy Community Garden 503m · 6 min walk
- St Thomas's Long Burial Ground 657m · 8 min walk
- St Thomas's Recreation Ground 682m · 8 min walk
- St Thomas's Square 741m · 9 min walk
schools (5)
- Lauriston School 502m · 6 min walk
- St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School 572m · 7 min walk
- Orchard Primary School 682m · 8 min walk
- Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy 766m · 10 min walk
- The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School 1006m · 13 min walk
Transport Links
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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.