Chatham

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:26

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

75 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour38
• Violence & sexual offences19
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Shoplifting3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Boxley Downs · Kent

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

312 reported road collisions (2025)

97 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

165 food businesses within 2 miles

• 148 rated 4–5 ★ (131 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chatham (5.4 km)
• 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,878 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Maidstone · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,297 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,193
• 3 bed £1,461

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

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

2,292 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: 157.9p · Esso (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

62 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: WBC RED 001 (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,828
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,023
• Net moves+1,805

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 155 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 31,220 pupils

49 primary · 12 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 26 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maidstone

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
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

261 applications decided

83.1% granted · 217 granted, 44 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens48
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

292 jobs advertised · £43,829 avg

e.g. Electrical Technician Required, Hardware Engineer - Digital, Level 3 SEN Teaching Assistant

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 5%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 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

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in ME5

• King George Road Surgery
• Stonecross And West Drive Surgery
• Reach Healthcare

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Lordswood, Kent · 0.7 km

  Lordswood is a southern suburb of Chatham, Kent, located approximately 3 miles south of Chatham town centre. It is primarily in Medway but a small southern section is in the Borough of Maidstone. Lordswood possesses p…

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  Walderslade · 1.0 km

  Walderslade is a large suburb of Chatham split between the unitary authority of Medway and the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge & Malling in South East England. It was, until 1998, fully part of Kent and is still c…

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  Lordswood F.C. · 1.3 km

  Lordswood Football Club is a football club based in the Lordswood suburb of Chatham, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and play at Martyn Grove.

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  Bluebell Hill transmitting station · 1.4 km

  The Bluebell Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on Blue Bell Hill, between Maidstone and Rochester in the English county of Kent.

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  Wouldham to Detling Escarpment · 1.9 km

  Wouldham to Detling Escarpment is a 311.2-hectare (769-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Wouldham to Detling, north of Maidstone in Kent. Part of it is a Geologic…

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  Boxley Warren · 2.0 km

  Boxley Warren is an 83-hectare (210-acre) Local Nature Reserve north of Maidstone in Kent. It is privately owned and managed by Maidstone Borough Council. It is part of North Downs Woodlands Special Area of Conservati…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)