Merlin Close
St. Helens, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 45/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 71/100. 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 45/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 71/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 71/100; 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 60/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. 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: area-safety proxy 45/100; green-space proximity 71/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 60/100. 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 45/100. Data unavailable: sale price. 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 propertyHow Life Works Here
Merlin Close is located in St. Helens, near St Helens. The associated LSOA area has 123 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 and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Kingfisher Drive) is 113m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,705; owner-occupied homes 40.6%; social housing 5.1%; retired population 18.1%; average household size 2.3. There are 6 schools within 2 km, 5 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Primary schools are nearby, though secondary options may require travel. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families at 57/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 54/100. Its recorded district percentile is 74. 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
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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Merlin Close, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- YMCA 1261m · 16 min walk
- Queens Park Leisure Centre 1784m · 22 min walk
libraries (4)
- Moss Bank Library 1054m · 13 min walk
- Central Library St Helens 1384m · 17 min walk
- Peter Street Library 1707m · 21 min walk
- St Helens Library 1773m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Haresfinch Park 273m · 3 min walk
- The Swale 834m · 10 min walk
- Fosters Park 893m · 11 min walk
- Kentmere Park 1335m · 17 min walk
- Friends Garden 1540m · 19 min walk
schools (5)
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens 990m · 12 min walk
- Launchpad Centre 1034m · 13 min walk
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 1087m · 14 min walk
- Merton Bank Primary School 1257m · 16 min walk
- Carr Mill Primary School 1412m · 18 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.