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253 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary
253 1620 8 AV NW is a low rise apartment condo home built in 1968, located in Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Calgary. Explore schools, daily and 15-minute accessibility, public transit, traffic safety, crime and disorder trends, nearby development, flood risk, fire protection, 311 service requests, tree canopy, housing history, assessment values, and property taxes.
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🏫 School Accessibility & Capacity
Assigned schools are Busy but below capacity, and the nearest assigned school is close. Queen Elizabeth High School is about 1.7 min by car, with highest utilization at 88%.
🎓 School Performance
The matched records show different outcomes across grade levels, with the strongest and weakest results separated by 19.2 points. School rankings should be read as one indicator only, alongside school fit, program availability, transportation, learning supports, and family needs.
🚗 Daily Accessibility
Transit and downtown access are both strong for this address. This is a commute-oriented Daily Accessibility profile.
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🧭 15-Minute Living Profile
Most available living themes score strongly in the model, with broad coverage of the assigned 15-minute thresholds.
🚌 Nearby Bus Transit
The static data shows both very close bus-stop access and strong route availability around this address.
👥 Community Profile
The profile is more settled than family-heavy, with stability at 64% and children 0-4 at 13%.
🏘️ Community Density
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill has a population density of 2,093 people per km^2 and a residential density of 881 residential units per km^2. Compared with the Calgary community median, population density is 19.9% below and residential density is 18.1% below.
🌳 Nearby Tree Canopy Coverage
This address is below the Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill canopy median but remains above the Calgary median.
🌊 Flood Context & 🚒 Fire Protection Access
The combined safety profile shows outside mapped floodplain, fast fire-station access, and typical hydrant access.
🚓 Crime Trends
Crime activity for this community is summarized as much higher than median in the latest available month. The latest rate is 4.05 per 1,000 residents, compared with the Calgary community median of 0.81.
📍 Disorder & Community Pressure
The latest community disorder snapshot is higher than Calgary's median for the same month. Common reported issues included Unwanted Guest, Suspicious Person, and Disturbance.
🚦 Nearby Traffic Safety Incidents
Multiple road-user categories appear in the nearby incident records, which span 2022–2026.
☎️ 311 Service Requests
The latest 311 snapshot shows Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill at 50.51 requests per 1,000 residents in 2026-06. That is 132.9% above the Calgary median, with roadway maintenance issues the most common available issue type.
🏗️ Nearby Development Permits
The closest matched Development Permit location is within 150 metres of this address, at about 137 m. Permit type and current recorded status should be read as separate facts.
🧱 Building Permit History
No Building Permit records are included for this address in the available City static data.
🏚️ Housing History
This property sits near the local median age, making it representative of the surrounding housing stock.
💰 Property Value & Tax History
This address has a higher assessed value than the community median for similar homes in the available records.
See the Full Picture for 253 1620 8 AV NW
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