Bearsted

20°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

62 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour23
• Violence & sexual offences19
• Other theft7
• Vehicle crime4

11 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Bearsted & Downswood · Kent

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

305 reported road collisions (2024)

92 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

185 food businesses within 2 miles

• 168 rated 4–5 ★ (144 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bearsted (0.8 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,191 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Maidstone · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,293 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £917
• 2 bed £1,190
• 3 bed £1,456

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.1 times median annual pay (10.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · ESSO (5.5 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: M&S Maidstone (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,782 residents in Maidstone · 447/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 188 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 78,560)

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

73 schools · 32,020 pupils

49 primary · 12 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maidstone

1,672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes501
• GP practices221
• Dentists362
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

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

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

244 applications decided

85.2% granted · 208 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Helen Whately

Conservative

Faversham and Mid Kent

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 13
• LD 11
• Grn 12
• Ref 3
• Oth 4

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

25 jobs advertised · £33,030 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Become a Primary school Tutor in Bearsted – Flexible & Remote, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Bearsted – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£774 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 85,101 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Solar 22% · Gas 18% · Wind 18%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in ME14

• Maidstone Medical Centre
• Bearsted
• Brewer Street

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership471 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test377 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office327 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Holy Cross Church, Bearsted · 0.6 km

  Holy Cross is a parish church of the Church of England in Bearsted, Kent. Its construction began in the 13th century.

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  Bearsted · 0.7 km

  Bearsted is a village and civil parish with a railway station in mid-Kent, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre.

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  Bearsted railway station · 0.8 km

  Bearsted railway station serves Bearsted in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is 42 miles 59 chains (68.8 km) down the line from London Victoria via Herne Hill.

• Weavering · 1.0 km

  Weavering is a village, mainly consisting of parts of the Grove Green and Bearsted Park housing Estates, centred on Weavering Street, within the borough of Maidstone, Kent in South East England that was formerly farml…

• Downswood · 1.3 km

  Downswood is a civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,291. It is bounded to the north by the River Len and Bearsted, and to the south by…

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  Spot Lane Quarry · 1.3 km

  Spot Lane Quarry is a 0.1-hectare (0.25-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)