Birch Grove
Waltham Forest, Greater London, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 30/100; transport-stop proximity 100/100; daily amenities 65/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 83/100. 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 100/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 65/100; market proxy 55/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 30/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 83/100; daily amenities 65/100. 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 100/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 65/100; 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: £461,000 from 9 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 30/100; green-space proximity 83/100; daily amenities 65/100; 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 100/100; daily amenities 65/100; area-safety proxy 30/100. Recorded median sale price: £461,000 from 9 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.
Check the official flood map for your propertyThings You Should Know
Score 30/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Birch Grove is located in Waltham Forest, near Leyton, Greater London. The associated LSOA area has 193 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 4 nearby amenities. The closest is Chinese & Pizza Tow (fast food, 76m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus and tram. The nearest mapped stop (Harrow Green) is 189m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £461,000. Based on 9 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,877; owner-occupied homes 12.4%; social housing 23.8%; retired population 9.2%; average household size 2.6. There are 20 schools within 2 km, 20 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 5 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 221m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 75/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 66/100. Its recorded district percentile is 89. 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.
Based on 9 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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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Birch Grove, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (3)
- Muscle Hut Leytonstone 371m · 5 min walk
- Leytonstone Leisure Centre 452m · 6 min walk
- Fitness Hub East London 1233m · 15 min walk
libraries (3)
- Harrow Green Community Library 237m · 3 min walk
- Leyton Library 879m · 11 min walk
- Leytonstone Library 1372m · 17 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Langthorne Park 64m · 1 min walk
- Jubilee Gardens 166m · 2 min walk
- Cathall Green 410m · 5 min walk
- Linear Park 678m · 8 min walk
- Richmond Road Pocket Park 872m · 11 min walk
schools (5)
- The Jenny Hammond Primary School 222m · 3 min walk
- Downsell Primary School 414m · 5 min walk
- Mayville Primary School 501m · 6 min walk
- Acacia Nursery 550m · 7 min walk
- Davies Lane Primary School 1041m · 13 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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- Hanbury Drive — Waltham Forest70
- Church Lane — Waltham Forest50
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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