Is WD3 7BU a good place to live?
Buckinghamshire (WD3 7BU), East of England, England
View WD3 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 81 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
WD3 7BU has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 97 nearby (22 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.2 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 81 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
WD3 7BU is a UK postcode in WD3 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 81 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Rickmansworth, 0.2 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around WD3 7BU include 2 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 2 GP practices, the closest 0.4 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
It ranks in the top 25% for safety within WD3.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 73/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 60/100 — Good
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
WD3 7BU is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
Within WD3, this postcode ranks 249 of 1301 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- WD3 district average
- 159 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near WD3 7BU
97 schools near WD3 7BU, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 81 primary schools (16 Outstanding, 55 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 16 secondary schools (6 Outstanding and 8 Good) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
WD3 7BU has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 1 gym or fitness studio.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Waitrose, 0.3 miles away.
Rickmansworth Park is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Waitrose0.3 mi
- Tesco0.6 mi
Parks & green space
- Rickmansworth Park0.2 mi
- Scotsbridge Playing Fields0.5 mi
- Rickmansworth Aquadrome Local Nature Reserve0.5 mi
- Stocker's Lake Local Nature Reserve0.7 mi
- Stocker's Lake Local Nature Reserve0.9 mi
Transportation
Rickmansworth is the closest station, about 0.2 miles from WD3 7BU - a very short walk.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Rickmansworth0.2 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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