Old Street
Newham, Greater London, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 40/100; transport-stop proximity 100/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 72/100. 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 100/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 55/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 72/100; 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; market proxy 55/100. 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.
Available components: liquidity proxy 50/100; market proxy 55/100. Data unavailable: sale price. 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.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; green-space proximity 72/100; 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 40/100. 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 40/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Old Street is located in Newham, near London, Greater London. The associated LSOA area has 156 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 (Samson Street) is 201m 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 1,450; owner-occupied homes 13.3%; social housing 17%; retired population 6.5%; average household size 3.4. There are 31 schools within 2 km, 31 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 18 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 159m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 66/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 63/100. Its recorded district percentile is 80. 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
Property Market
Terraced | 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.
Based on 5 transactions. Moderate sample — prices may not fully represent current market value.
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 Old Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Upton Town Snooker & American Pool 774m · 10 min walk
- Gym Spot 900m · 11 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Essex Lodge Surgery 389m · 5 min walk
- A&E Department 789m · 10 min walk
- Neonatal Unit, L1 Z2 849m · 11 min walk
- Newham CAMHS 871m · 11 min walk
libraries (4)
- Plaistow Library 409m · 5 min walk
- Green Street Library 793m · 10 min walk
- Custom House Library 1692m · 21 min walk
- Canning Town Library 1878m · 24 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Upperton Road Park 372m · 5 min walk
- Plaistow Park 494m · 6 min walk
- Greenway 734m · 9 min walk
- Greenway Orchard Green Gym (Newham) 871m · 11 min walk
- Dorset Road Community Garden 1002m · 12 min walk
schools (5)
- Southern Road Primary School 159m · 2 min walk
- Plaistow Primary School 244m · 3 min walk
- Tunmarsh School 495m · 6 min walk
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 532m · 7 min walk
- Upton Cross Primary School 725m · 9 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Elgar Close — Newham63
- Richmond Street — Newham63
- Priory Road — Newham64
- Pavilion Street — Newham64
- Reindeer Close — Newham64
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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