Birch Link
Luton, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 93/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 35/100. 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 50/100; amenity proximity 90/100; daily amenities 93/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 65/100; green-space proximity 35/100; daily amenities 93/100. 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 50/100; amenity proximity 90/100; daily amenities 93/100. 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 35/100; daily amenities 93/100; amenity proximity 90/100. 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 50/100; daily amenities 93/100; 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.
Score 35/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Birch Link is located in Luton. The associated LSOA area has 198 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. The dataset records 20 nearby amenities. The closest is Safia (clothes, 29m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Birch Link) is 87m 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 1,640; owner-occupied homes 15%; social housing 7.9%; retired population 5.4%; average household size 3.4. There are 14 schools within 2 km, 14 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 4 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 190m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 75/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 59/100. Its recorded district percentile is 90. 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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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Birch Link, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- The Gym 1067m · 13 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Liverpool Road Health Centre 797m · 10 min walk
- Luton Treatment Centre 853m · 11 min walk
- Bute House Medical Centre 873m · 11 min walk
- Johnstone's Chiropodist 1108m · 14 min walk
libraries (4)
- Bury Park library 372m · 5 min walk
- Luton central library 1142m · 14 min walk
- University Library 1780m · 22 min walk
- Chaul End Community Centre 1958m · 24 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- The Moor 661m · 8 min walk
- 1919 Drinking Fountain roundabout. 801m · 10 min walk
- Brantwood Park 836m · 10 min walk
- Dallow Downs 1036m · 13 min walk
- Wardown Park 1067m · 13 min walk
schools (5)
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 190m · 2 min walk
- Dallow Primary School 626m · 8 min walk
- Denbigh High School 684m · 9 min walk
- Denbigh Primary School 817m · 10 min walk
- River Bank Primary School 930m · 12 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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- Delphine Close — Luton54
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.
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