Dunsford Road
Sandwell, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 45/100; transport-stop proximity 20/100; daily amenities 93/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 53/100. 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 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £96,250 from 38 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; family indicators 80/100; green-space proximity 53/100; 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 20/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 93/100; 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.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £96,250 from 38 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 45/100; green-space proximity 53/100; daily amenities 93/100; amenity proximity 75/100. 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 20/100; daily amenities 93/100; area-safety proxy 45/100. Recorded median sale price: £96,250 from 38 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.
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Score 20/100. Check routes, timetables and accessibility with the operator.
How Life Works Here
Dunsford Road is located in Sandwell, near Smethwick. The associated LSOA area has 138 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 13 nearby amenities. The closest is Big Hair Crush (hairdresser, 12m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. No nearby transport-stop records are available in this extract. The median property price is £96,250. Based on 38 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,780; owner-occupied homes 22.5%; social housing 0.8%; retired population 9%; average household size 2.4. There are 14 schools within 2 km, 12 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 3 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 246m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 78/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 61/100. Its recorded district percentile is 100. 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
Flat/Maisonette | Leasehold | Transactions: High 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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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Dunsford Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- One 2 One Workouts 118m · 2 min walk
- Bearwood Yoga 474m · 6 min walk
hospitals (1)
- Midland Metropolitan University Hospital 1874m · 23 min walk
libraries (2)
- Thimblemill Library 524m · 7 min walk
- Smethwick Library 1899m · 24 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Thimblemill Brook 574m · 7 min walk
- Shakespeare's Garden 804m · 10 min walk
- Lightwoods Park 908m · 11 min walk
- Harry Mitchell Park 1272m · 16 min walk
- Victoria Park 1298m · 16 min walk
schools (5)
- Bearwood Primary School 246m · 3 min walk
- Shireland Technology Primary 562m · 7 min walk
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 583m · 7 min walk
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery 710m · 9 min walk
- Abbey Infant School 778m · 10 min walk
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Belmont Road — Sandwell58
- Bearwood Road — Sandwell58
- Weston Road — Sandwell66
- Rawlings Road — Sandwell57
- Cross Lane — Sandwell62
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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