Elgar Road South
Reading, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 83/100. 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: liquidity proxy 70/100; market proxy 60/100. Recorded median sale price: £327,000 from 19 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 83/100; 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 40/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 60/100. 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 70/100; market proxy 60/100. Recorded median sale price: £327,000 from 19 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.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; green-space proximity 83/100; 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.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 30/100. Recorded median sale price: £327,000 from 19 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.
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.
How Life Works Here
Elgar Road South is located in Reading. The associated LSOA area has 225 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: bus. The nearest mapped stop (Elgar Road) is 295m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £327,000. Based on 19 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,789; owner-occupied homes 17.5%; social housing 14.2%; retired population 9.1%; average household size 2.7. There are 9 schools within 2 km, 9 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 3 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 363m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 65/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 50/100. Its recorded district percentile is 42. 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
Semi-Detached | 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 Elgar Road South, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Parthian Climbing Reading 125m · 2 min walk
- PureGym 936m · 12 min walk
hospitals (3)
- Window to the Womb 648m · 8 min walk
- Skin 1248m · 16 min walk
- ultrasound direct The Fertility Partnership 1262m · 16 min walk
libraries (3)
- Whitley 905m · 11 min walk
- Whitley Library 1137m · 14 min walk
- Reading Central 1540m · 19 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Waterloo Meadows 237m · 3 min walk
- Long Barn Lane Recreation Ground 671m · 8 min walk
- Coley Recreation Ground 804m · 10 min walk
- Holy Brook Nook 936m · 12 min walk
- Kennett Island wildlife conservation area 965m · 12 min walk
schools (5)
- New Christ Church Church of England Primary School 363m · 4 min walk
- The Palmer Primary Academy 627m · 8 min walk
- Reading Girls' School 837m · 10 min walk
- Katesgrove Primary School 900m · 11 min walk
- Coley Primary School 1037m · 13 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Nimrod Way — Reading48
- Long Barn Lane — Reading49
- Home Farm Close — Reading50
- Virginia Way — Reading50
- Preston Road — Reading48
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.
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