Francis Road
Sandwell, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 60/100; transport-stop proximity 10/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 59/100. 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: area-safety proxy 60/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 59/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 60/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 59/100; 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 10/100; amenity proximity 25/100; 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 50/100; market proxy 60/100. Recorded median sale price: £171,500 from 10 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 60/100; green-space proximity 59/100; 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 10/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 60/100. Recorded median sale price: £171,500 from 10 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 10/100. Check routes, timetables and accessibility with the operator.
How Life Works Here
Francis Road is located in Sandwell, near Smethwick. The associated LSOA area has 62 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 (Langley Green Rail Station) is 1,264m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £171,500. Based on 10 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,423; owner-occupied homes 27.2%; social housing 13.3%; retired population 12.8%; average household size 2.9. There are 11 schools within 2 km, 11 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families 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 70. 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.
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 Francis Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- Hotshots Snooker Club and Entertainments Venue 992m · 12 min walk
hospitals (3)
- abc blood tests 879m · 11 min walk
- abc travel clinic 880m · 11 min walk
- Langley Vaccination Centre 1723m · 22 min walk
libraries (4)
- Thimblemill Library 1176m · 15 min walk
- Smethwick Library 1257m · 16 min walk
- Langley Library 1528m · 19 min walk
- Bleakhouse Library 1790m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Smethwick Hall Park 429m · 5 min walk
- West Smethwick Park 810m · 10 min walk
- Harry Mitchell Park 925m · 12 min walk
- Thimblemill Brook 1169m · 15 min walk
- Galton Valley Black Country Geosite 1553m · 19 min walk
schools (5)
- Devonshire Junior Academy 667m · 8 min walk
- Bristnall Hall Academy 768m · 10 min walk
- Moat Farm Junior School 888m · 11 min walk
- Moat Farm Infant School 888m · 11 min walk
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 940m · 12 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Milton Road — Sandwell50
- Langford Avenue — Sandwell50
- Baker House Grove — Sandwell49
- Calverton Grove — Sandwell50
- Tame Valley Crescent — Sandwell48
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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