Ruscus Road
Waltham Forest, Greater London, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 40/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 50/100; green-space proximity 73/100. 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 40/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 73/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 73/100; 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 45/100; 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 40/100; green-space proximity 73/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. 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 40/100. 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 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
Score 40/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Ruscus Road is located in Waltham Forest, near Walthamstow, Greater London. The associated LSOA area has 164 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 (Walthamstow / Crooked Billet Roundabout) is 80m 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 1,901; owner-occupied homes 24.1%; social housing 12.7%; retired population 7%; average household size 2.9. There are 24 schools within 2 km, 23 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 4 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 237m away. 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 families at 61/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 51/100. Its recorded district percentile is 20. 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 Ruscus Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (3)
- Better Gym Walthamstow Stadium 405m · 5 min walk
- Waltham Forest Feel Good Centre 742m · 9 min walk
- Goals 799m · 10 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Jane Atkinson Health and Wellbeing Centre 1213m · 15 min walk
- Window to the Womb 1423m · 18 min walk
- Highams Lodge 1736m · 22 min walk
- Reliable Scan Limited 1902m · 24 min walk
libraries (3)
- Higham Hill Library 645m · 8 min walk
- Wood Street Library 1352m · 17 min walk
- Walthamstow Library 1728m · 22 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Aveling Fields 437m · 6 min walk
- Kitchener Park 469m · 6 min walk
- Allotment Gardens 516m · 6 min walk
- Lloyd Park 707m · 9 min walk
- William Morris Garden 955m · 12 min walk
schools (5)
- Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre 238m · 3 min walk
- Chapel End Junior Academy 286m · 4 min walk
- Walthamstow Academy 514m · 6 min walk
- Walthamstow Primary Academy 514m · 6 min walk
- South Chingford Foundation School 523m · 6 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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- Roberts Road — Waltham Forest55
- Beresford Road — Waltham Forest56
- Goldsborough Crescent — Waltham Forest56
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.