Shakespeare Street
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 45/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 16/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 33/100. 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: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £330,000 from 55 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 45/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 33/100; daily amenities 16/100. 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 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 16/100; 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: £330,000 from 55 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 45/100; green-space proximity 33/100; daily amenities 16/100; 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 90/100; daily amenities 16/100; area-safety proxy 45/100. Recorded median sale price: £330,000 from 55 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 16/100. Check the available shops and services against your daily needs.
Score 33/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Shakespeare Street is located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The associated LSOA area has 108 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 1 nearby amenities. The closest is Zoya Sushi (restaurant, 47m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Shakespeare Street) is 52m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £330,000. Based on 55 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,618; owner-occupied homes 27.6%; social housing 2.4%; retired population 7.9%; average household size 2.6. There are 11 schools within 2 km, 10 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 3 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 investors at 78/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 55/100. Its recorded district percentile is 41. 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: 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 Shakespeare Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- The Gym 620m · 8 min walk
hospitals (3)
- Manor View Practice 67m · 1 min walk
- Morris Osteopathic Centre 784m · 10 min walk
- NHS Hertfordshire 1551m · 19 min walk
libraries (2)
- North Watford 1156m · 14 min walk
- Watford Central 1197m · 15 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Callowland Recreation Ground 536m · 7 min walk
- Callowland Recreation Ground 560m · 7 min walk
- Harebreaks Recreation Ground 1057m · 13 min walk
- Harebreaks Recreation Ground 1057m · 13 min walk
- Berry Avenue Playground 1260m · 16 min walk
schools (5)
- Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School 534m · 7 min walk
- Nascot Wood Junior School 649m · 8 min walk
- Parkgate Junior School 680m · 8 min walk
- Beechfield School 706m · 9 min walk
- Cherry Tree Primary School 1201m · 15 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Bushey and Oxhey Railway Yard — Watford54
- Capel Road — Watford55
- Brewery Mews — Watford55
- Garfield Street — Watford57
- Greycaine Road — Watford55
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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