Balmforth Street
Manchester, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 100/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 70/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. 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 100/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 65/100; green-space proximity 70/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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 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: green-space proximity 70/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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.
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Balmforth Street is located in Manchester. The associated LSOA area has 1 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 1 of the 12 selected months. Coverage is insufficient for an annual safety score. 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 (Hulme Hall Road) is 285m 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 1,445; owner-occupied homes 11.4%; social housing 0.2%; retired population 1%; average household size 1.7. There are 8 schools within 2 km, 8 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Primary schools are nearby, though secondary options may require travel. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is first time buyers at 69/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 67/100. Its recorded district percentile is 66. 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 Balmforth Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- TRAIN Manchester 35m · 0 min walk
- Barry's 765m · 10 min walk
hospitals (5)
- New Jackson Medical Centre 270m · 3 min walk
- Skinspace UK 1254m · 16 min walk
- Skin 1266m · 16 min walk
- Optimax Laser Eye Clinic 1269m · 16 min walk
- Destination Skin 1276m · 16 min walk
libraries (5)
- John Rylands Library 1108m · 14 min walk
- Manchester Central library 1175m · 15 min walk
- The Portico Library 1502m · 19 min walk
- Hulme High Street Library 1583m · 20 min walk
- Chetham's Library 1860m · 23 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Castlefield Viaduct Urban Park 306m · 4 min walk
- Barrack Street Park 485m · 6 min walk
- Roman Gardens 527m · 7 min walk
- Hulme Park 645m · 8 min walk
- St John's Gardens 746m · 9 min walk
schools (5)
- St Wilfrid's RC Primary School 626m · 8 min walk
- Rolls Crescent Primary School 1005m · 13 min walk
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School 1079m · 14 min walk
- Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre 1364m · 17 min walk
- St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School 1820m · 23 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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- Kenyon Lane — Manchester67
- Douglas Street — Manchester67
- Springdale Gardens — Manchester66
- Kidacre Walk — Manchester67
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.