Medway

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:24

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

461 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences149
• Anti-social behaviour102
• Criminal damage & arson47
• Other theft41

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

460 reported road collisions (2025)

121 killed or seriously injured · 570 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 415 rated 4–5 ★ (324 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Gillingham (1.2 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£297,757 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Medway · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,232 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £896
• 2 bed £1,137
• 3 bed £1,336

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,266 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (2.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.6 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Gillingham (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Love Gillingham: Civic Square project commences· 4 Nov 2026
• SGN set to undertake improvement works on Lower Rainham Road· 4 Nov 2026
• Youth work helping Medway's young people build brighter futures· 2 Nov 2026
• Child-Friendly Medway celebrates five years of putting young people’s voices first· 2 Nov 2026
• Remembrance events in Medway· 30 Oct 2026

Source: Medway Council

279,773 residents in Medway · 1,444/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,878
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,899
• Net moves−1,021

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 91 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,329 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 121,600)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

115 schools · 50,953 pupils

76 primary · 19 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

99 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Medway

294 CQC-registered services

• Care homes66
• GP practices42
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies108
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 74% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Medway

• In a conservation area (Brompton Lines)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 168 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

239 applications decided

92.5% granted · 221 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Naushabah Khan

Labour

Gillingham and Rainham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 17
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens1847
• Restaurants & cafés106

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,850 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

47 jobs advertised · £36,959 avg

e.g. 7.5 Driver, Car Mechanic in the area of Esher, Care Manager

Source: Adzuna

£773 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,115 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,982 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 33% · Imports 13% · Nuclear 9%

183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.2 women · 59 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in ME7

• Woodlands Family Practice
• The Glebe Family Practice
• Princes Park Medical Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gillingham and Rainham:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent996 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death564 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases438 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth234 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05