Kensington Road
Southend-on-Sea, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 81/100; flood mapping 50/100; green-space proximity 79/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. 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 90/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 81/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 75/100; green-space proximity 79/100; daily amenities 81/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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 90/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 81/100; 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: £297,500 from 89 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: green-space proximity 79/100; daily amenities 81/100; amenity proximity 75/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, 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 90/100; daily amenities 81/100. Recorded median sale price: £297,500 from 89 transactions. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. 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.
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Kensington Road is located in Southend-on-Sea. The associated LSOA area has 87 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 11 of the 12 selected months. Coverage is insufficient for an annual safety score. 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 6 nearby amenities. The closest is Jasmine House (fast food, 66m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Kensington Road) is 90m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £297,500. Based on 89 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,692; owner-occupied homes 39.6%; social housing 0.9%; retired population 15.1%; average household size 2.7. There are 7 schools within 2 km, 6 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 (sea flooding), indicating medium flood risk. It is worth checking the Environment Agency flood map for current details. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 81/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 76/100. 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
Semi-Detached | Freehold | 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 Kensington Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- IndiRock 1548m · 19 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Southchurch Hall Park 227m · 3 min walk
- Southchurch Hall Park 302m · 4 min walk
- Southchurch Park 331m · 4 min walk
- Southchurch Park East 684m · 9 min walk
- Christchurch Park 814m · 10 min walk
schools (5)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 729m · 9 min walk
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery 952m · 12 min walk
- Southchurch High School 1018m · 13 min walk
- Hamstel Junior School 1347m · 17 min walk
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery 1347m · 17 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Brunswick Road — Southend-on-Sea76
- Earls Hall Parade — Southend-on-Sea70
- Broadway — Southend-on-Sea68
- Ashleigh Drive — Southend-on-Sea68
- Farringdon Service Road — Southend-on-Sea60
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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