Brasted
Brasted is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 844. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 9 bus stops, and is 4.7 km from Dunton Green railway station. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Brasted area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Sevenoaks area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 120,511 residents at roughly 326 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 96th of 294 English council areas — better than 67% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
12°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 7° · 47% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:31
9h 38m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
8US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
4 reported · August 2026▼ 56% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences3
- Vehicle crime1
Neighbourhood team: Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge · Kent
Local policing priorities
- Vehicle crime.
- Burglary residential.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
265 reported road collisions (2025)
85 killed or seriously injured · 347 casualties · 22 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
58 food businesses within 2 miles
- 44 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
- 3 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Dunton Green (4.7 km)
- 9 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Dunton Green (4.7 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£535,810 average▲ 0.4% YoY
Across Sevenoaks · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,809 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY
- 1 bed £1,266
- 2 bed £1,579
- 3 bed £1,926
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
13.4× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (14.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,443 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
3 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
14 charging locations within ~8 km
- 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Sevenoaks Riverhead (4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools2
- Sports pitches20
- Golf courses2
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- Councillors propose parking charge freeze· 2 Oct 2026
- Countdown begins to new wheelie bin collections, including glass recycling!· 1 Oct 2026
- Public Space Protection Order at The Vine to be extended· 23 Sept 2026
- Silver Sevenoaks District!· 22 Sept 2026
- Bradbourne Lakes restoration moves to next stage· 17 Sept 2026
Source: Sevenoaks Council
Population
120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²
- Under 16: 20%
- 16–64: 59%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,946
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,124
- Net moves+822
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 206 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band D (23% of 52,640)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
65 schools · 17,192 pupils
42 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other
Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)
48 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Knole Academy
- Orchards Academy
- Trinity School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sevenoaks
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Brasted High Street)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 96 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
287 applications decided
85.7% granted · 246 granted, 41 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Laura Trott
Conservative
Sevenoaks
Recent votes:
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Con 27
- LD 14
- Grn 4
- Ref 2
- Oth 7
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics1
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
7,405 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£901 median full-time weekly pay
2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£39,738 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
38% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 48,205 certificates
9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
66% low-carbon electricity
Wind 42% · Gas 31% · Solar 12% · Nuclear 7%
128 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men
62% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile8.1
- Happiness yesterday7.9
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TN16
- Westerham Practice
- Stock Hill Surgery
- Norheads Lane Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:
- Remove the grey belt planning rules476 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
- Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent307 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
- Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission242 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND213 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence205 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Brasted · 0.1 kmBrasted is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Brasted lies on the A25 road, between Sundridge and Westerham; the road is named Westerham Road, High Street and Main Road as it passes…
R. Durtnell & Sons · 0.2 kmDurtnell Limited is an English property company that has been continuously operated by the same family in Brasted, in the English county of Kent. The earliest recorded property the family built, Poundsbridge Manor, wa…
Brasted railway station · 0.8 kmBrasted is a disused intermediate railway station in Brasted, Kent on the closed Westerham Valley branch line. The station closed in 1961 and the site is covered by the carriageway of the M25 motorway that was constru…
Radnor House Sevenoaks School · 0.9 kmRadnor House Sevenoaks School is a coeducational private day school located in Sundridge in the English county of Kent.
St Mary's Church, Sundridge · 1.2 kmSt Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Sundridge, Kent, England, and in the Diocese of Rochester. It is Grade I listed. The building, originally of the 12th century, was enlarged in the 13th and 15th centuries, and…
Sundridge, Kent · 1.9 kmSundridge is a village within the civil parish of Sundridge with Ide Hill, in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The village is located on the A25 road to the east of Westerham. It lies within the Kent Downs Are…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brasted?
- Brasted is a town in Kent, England, in the Sevenoaks local authority.
- What is the population of Brasted?
- Brasted has an approximate settlement population of 844.
- How deprived is Brasted?
- The Sevenoaks local authority, which includes Brasted, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.