The Indeval Area Score
A 0 to 100 comparison of lived context against similar kinds of place. Price is not an input.
The Area Score is a way of reading an English neighbourhood against similar kinds of place. It summarises setting, safety, community and services. It is not a price, a ranking of people, or a decision to buy.
England, similar places
The scored model covers England. A city neighbourhood is compared with other urban places, not with open countryside. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are outside this score.
What the four bars describe
Character and setting: how built-up the area is, the housing mix, mapped noise and air, and whether it sits in a protected or historic setting.
Safety and resilience: recorded crime and flood-planning context, read as official evidence, not as a personal risk score.
Community and stability: how settled the area looks from official housing and population evidence, not a judgement of who lives there.
Services and connectivity: nearby inspected schools, rated healthcare, and broadband coverage. Nearby is not the same as a place, a GP list, or a guaranteed speed.
How to read the number
A higher score means the area looks stronger than similar places on that mix of evidence. A lower score means it looks weaker on that mix. Labels such as Strong, Good, Average, Mixed and Caution are a reading aid, not a legal grade.
Missing evidence is left out. It is not treated as a zero. If a report has thinner coverage, treat the number as less complete, not as a harsher verdict.
Methods can change when the underlying data or the way we summarise it needs to. When they do, we will say so in plain English. We do not publish a version code on this website.
What it is not
Not a valuation, survey, or mortgage decision. Not a deprivation index. Not a forecast of price or yield. Not advice to buy, sell or rent.
It does not use protected characteristics to decide who should live where. It does not treat a higher house price as a better area.
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