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The Oval

Milton Keynes, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 50/100 Transport proximity 50/100 Risk indicators: Medium Medium 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 50/100. 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: InvestorsGood

Available components: liquidity proxy 70/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £263,000 from 23 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

Families
Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 50/100; green-space proximity 50/100; 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 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 65/100. 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
Good

Available components: liquidity proxy 70/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £263,000 from 23 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 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. 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. Recorded median sale price: £263,000 from 23 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.

47
Liveability Score
Indicative · relative within Milton Keynes
Medium confidence Based on 23 transactions (moderate 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.

How Life Works Here

The Oval is located in Milton Keynes. The associated LSOA area has 286 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 (Leadenhall Roundabout North) is 154m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £263,000. Based on 23 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,105; owner-occupied homes 17.4%; social housing 4.3%; retired population 6.1%; average household size 2.9. There are 4 schools within 2 km, 4 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 350m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 68/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 47/100. Its recorded district percentile is 36. 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 (50)

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

Market Value Good (65)

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Fair (50)

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

Amenity proximity Fair (45)

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

£263,000
Median Price
23
Transactions (2014–2025)

Terraced | Freehold | Transactions: Moderate recorded volume

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 The Oval, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (3)

libraries (1)

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parks & green spaces (5)

schools (5)

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Transport Links

Leadenhall Roundabout North bus_stop154m
Leadenhall Roundabout South bus_stop286m
Winterhill Retail Estate bus_stop296m
St Paul's Catholic School bus_stop296m
Milton Keynes Central Rail Station rail_station1333m

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.

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