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Chartham

Chartham is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 2,836. There are 20 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Chartham, 0.8 km away. There were around 24 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chartham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Canterbury area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 157,429 residents at roughly 510 people per km².

Council
Canterbury
County
Kent
Constituency
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
48/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 160th of 294 English council areas — better than 46% of them.

Low crime33
Home affordability34
Affordable rents28
Good schools79
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation50
Employment52
Low council tax55

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:26

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

36 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Other theft3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chartham & Stone Street · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance motorcycles.
  • Antisocial behaviour - nuisance.

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

Road safety

284 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

19 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chartham (0.1 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chartham (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£336,427 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-08

Detached£532,531
Semi-detached£348,636
Terraced£302,753
Flat£183,434

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,280 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £876
  • 2 bed £1,132
  • 3 bed £1,368

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

Affordability

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,981 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 (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: CT4 7HZ (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

157,429 residents in Canterbury · 510/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,325
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,447
  • Net moves−122

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 149 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 71,860)

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,419
E £2,957
F £3,495
G £4,032
H £4,839

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

Schools

64 schools · 25,120 pupils

35 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Barton Court Grammar SchoolGood
  • Herne Bay High SchoolGood
  • Orion SpiresGood
  • St Anselm's Catholic School, CanterburyGood
  • The Archbishop's SchoolGood
  • The Whitstable SchoolGood
  • The Canterbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • Barton Manor School
  • Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
  • Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

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

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

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

Planning decisions

218 applications decided

93.1% granted · 203 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Rosie Duffield

Independent

Canterbury

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeCourts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18
  • AyeCourts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeCourts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 8
  • LD 8
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Parks & greens7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,865 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £28,080 avg

e.g. Part-time Cleaner, Environment and Quality Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,464 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,894 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

195 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CT4

  • Hawkinge And Elham
  • Canterbury Medical Practice
  • Old School Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Canterbury:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Church of St Mary, Chartham · 0.0 km

    St Mary's Church is in the village of Chartham, Kent, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Canterbury. Constructed between 1285 and circa 1305, with a later tower of the fourteenth century…

  • Chartham railway station · 0.1 km

    Chartham railway station is in Chartham, Kent, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.

  • St Augustine's Hospital, Chartham · 1.7 km

    St Augustine's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Chartham, Kent, England. It was founded as the second, or East, Kent County Asylum in 1872. In 1948 the hospital became part of the National Health Service and was…

  • Larkey Valley Wood · 1.8 km

    Larkey Valley Wood is a 44.1-hectare (109-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Canterbury in Kent. It is also a Local Nature Reserve and it is owned and managed by Canterbury City Council.

  • Chartham · 1.8 km

    Chartham is a village and civil parish in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. It is situated on the Ashford side of the city, and is in the North Downs area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 2.3 mi (4 km) south wes…

  • No Man's Orchard · 2.1 km

    No Man's Orchard is a 4.1-hectare (10-acre) Local Nature Reserve west of Canterbury in Kent. It is owned by Chartham and Harbledown Parish Councils and managed by the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chartham?
Chartham is a town in Kent, England, in the Canterbury local authority.
What is the population of Chartham?
Chartham has an approximate settlement population of 2,836.
How deprived is Chartham?
The Canterbury local authority, which includes Chartham, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.