Flash Road
Sandwell, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 50/100; green-space proximity 47/100. 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 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. Recorded median sale price: £72,000 from 8 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 40/100; green-space proximity 47/100; 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 50/100; amenity proximity 25/100; 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. Recorded median sale price: £72,000 from 8 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 15/100; green-space proximity 47/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 25/100. 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 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. Recorded median sale price: £72,000 from 8 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 Flood Zone 2 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
Area safety score 15/100 — based on recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not this specific street. Counts are not adjusted for population and do not establish an above-average crime rate.
Score 15/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Flash Road is located in Sandwell, near Oldbury. The associated LSOA area has 622 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. The nearest mapped stop (Sandwell & Dudley Rail Station) is 585m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £72,000. Based on 8 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,975; owner-occupied homes 15.3%; social housing 16.5%; retired population 15.6%; average household size 2.2. There are 5 schools within 2 km, 5 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The area sits within Flood Zone 2 (river flooding), indicating medium flood risk. It is worth checking the Environment Agency flood map for current details. The highest available weighted profile is first time buyers at 55/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 37/100. Its recorded district percentile is 3. 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: 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 8 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 Flash Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- TeamSport Go Karting 513m · 6 min walk
- Flip Out Trampoline Arena 704m · 9 min walk
hospitals (5)
- Langley Vaccination Centre 1374m · 17 min walk
- Well Life Physiotherapy and Massage 1798m · 22 min walk
- abc blood tests 1935m · 24 min walk
- abc travel clinic 1935m · 24 min walk
- Edward Street Hospital 1939m · 24 min walk
libraries (4)
- Oldbury Library 331m · 4 min walk
- Oldbury Library 403m · 5 min walk
- Langley Library 1781m · 22 min walk
- Rounds Green Library 1871m · 23 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Broadwell Park 217m · 3 min walk
- Rocking Horse Park 403m · 5 min walk
- Vicarage Street Park 1309m · 16 min walk
- Langley Park 1430m · 18 min walk
- Marl Hole Park 1544m · 19 min walk
schools (5)
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1068m · 13 min walk
- Lyng Primary School 1277m · 16 min walk
- Langley Primary School 1323m · 16 min walk
- Hanbury Primary School 1642m · 20 min walk
- Lodge Primary School 1668m · 21 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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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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