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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 (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 120,511 residents at roughly 326 people per km².

Council
Sevenoaks
County
Kent
Constituency
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 89th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime73
Home affordability6
Affordable rents5
Good schools80
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation80
Employment82
Low council tax27

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

19°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 19° / 16° · 90% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:20

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Other theft2
  • Vehicle crime2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle crime.
  • Road safety.

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

Road safety

237 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 332 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

58 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

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

£543,081 average 3.2% YoY

Across Sevenoaks · to 2026-06

Detached£1,017,388
Semi-detached£542,756
Terraced£429,801
Flat£283,224

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,803 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,262
  • 2 bed £1,574
  • 3 bed £1,920

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (7.6 km)

6 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

Population

120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 253 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 52,640)

A £1,682
B £1,962
C £2,242
D £2,522
E £3,083
F £3,643
G £4,204
H £5,045

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%)

48inspected 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

1,672 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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

266 applications decided

89.5% granted · 238 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Recent votes:

  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 26
  • LD 14
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £29,120 avg

e.g. Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want, Driving For Cash? Sign Up To Drive With Uber And Earn Flexibly Instead, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% 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

14% low-carbon electricity

Imports 67% · Gas 19% · Solar 7% · Wind 6%

138 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Brasted · 0.1 km

    Brasted 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 km

    Durtnell 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 km

    Brasted 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 km

    Radnor 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 km

    St 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 km

    Sundridge 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 IoD2019.