Istead Rise

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:25

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

24 reported · August 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown · Kent

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

173 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 110 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Meopham (2.1 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£342,498 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Gravesham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,336 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £910
• 2 bed £1,201
• 3 bed £1,465

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,124 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: 158.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.3 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Cyclopark (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Gravesend Borough Market leasehold opportunity· 21 Oct 2026
• Harbourside contamination statement· 19 Oct 2026
• Greener gateway completed at Gravesend Station· 1 Oct 2026
• There's no place like The Woodville this Christmas as The Wizard of Oz follows the yellow brick road to Gravesend· 23 Sept 2026
• More projects receive Pride in Place funding· 15 Sept 2026

Source: Gravesham Council

106,900 residents in Gravesham · 1,080/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,056
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,424
• Net moves−368

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 94 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 45,060)

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

44 schools · 21,357 pupils

27 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 14 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gravesham

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
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

78.8% granted · 108 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Lauren Sullivan

Labour

Gravesham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 22
• Con 12
• Ref 5

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens168
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,670 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £76,720 avg

e.g. Kitchen Assistant, SEN Teaching Assistant, Fire Alarm Project Manager

Source: Adzuna

£859 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,984 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,366 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 5%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

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

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DA13

• Meopham Medical Centre
• Downs Way Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gravesham:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent260 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases228 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects223 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND215 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence193 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Istead Rise · 0.2 km

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