Swale

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:28

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

52 reported · August 2026▲ 117% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour16
• Shoplifting15
• Violence & sexual offences11
• Other theft2

4 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Teynham and Lynsted · Kent

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

277 reported road collisions (2025)

76 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 18.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 30 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Teynham (0.4 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,578 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Swale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,114 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £779
• 2 bed £1,029
• 3 bed £1,244

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,057 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: 172.9p · Asda (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (5.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Swale House Car Park (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

151,677 residents in Swale · 406/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,640
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,950
• Net moves+1,690

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 59 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 67,440)

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

71 schools · 24,238 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swale

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• Not in the Green Belt
• 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

155 applications decided

89% granted · 138 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 10
• LD 5
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 11

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens80
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Care Assistant Job in Swale

Source: Adzuna

£761 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,338 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 · 68,235 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Faversham and Mid Kent:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent904 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND282 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks236 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases216 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth211 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Teynham railway station · 0.4 km

  Teynham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Teynham, Kent. It is 47 miles 74 chains (77.1 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Sittingbourne and Fav…

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  Teynham · 0.7 km

  Teynham is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. The parish lies between the towns of Sittingbourne and Faversham, immediately north of the A2 road, and includes the hamlet of Cony…

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  Teynham Street · 1.3 km

  Teynham Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Teynham, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England.

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  Norton, Buckland and Stone · 1.4 km

  Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Teynham and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the centre of Faversham, in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. Its settlements are the hamlets o…

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  Mockbeggar, Swale · 1.4 km

  Mockbeggar is a hamlet lying north of the A2 road to the east of Teynham in Swale in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone.

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  Lewson Street · 1.6 km

  Lewson Street is a village near the A2 road, in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It is near the towns of Sittingbourne and Faversham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)