Istead Rise

19°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 15° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

17 reported · July 2026▼ 47% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour9
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Drugs1

5 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown · Kent

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

198 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

124 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

£345,369 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Gravesham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,331 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £906
• 2 bed £1,196
• 3 bed £1,458

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

26 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)

• Kent councils' response to Local Government Reorganisation review· 7 Sept 2026
• Gravesham joins the call to rescue your recyclables for Recycling Week 2026· 7 Sept 2026
• Unlawful storage site in Gravesham must be cleared after appeal dismissed· 26 Aug 2026
• Have your say about our housing services· 25 Aug 2026
• We need your feedback on Summer Fun 2026· 20 Aug 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 119 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gravesham

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

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

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

137 applications decided

75.9% granted · 104 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,555 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

38 jobs advertised · £51,581 avg

e.g. Catering Apprentice Level 2, Online Physics Tutor - Part Time, Online GCSE Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£859 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% 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

56% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Imports 33% · Solar 12% · Gas 11%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.7 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gravesham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s370 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office318 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Istead Rise · 0.2 km

  Istead Rise is a village in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England, 3 miles (5 km) south of Gravesend. It had a population of 3,437 at the 2011 Census.

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  Gravesham (constituency) · 1.3 km

  Gravesham is a constituency in Kent, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Lauren Sullivan of the Labour Party since the 2024 general election.

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  Northfleet Green · 1.5 km

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  Cyclopark · 1.6 km

  Cyclopark is a purpose-built facility for cycling and other outdoor activities, located on the south side of Gravesend, north Kent in south-east England, adjacent to the A2 dual carriageway.

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  Nurstead · 1.6 km

  Nurstead or Nursted is a locality, ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish, now in the parish of Meopham, in the Gravesham district, in the county of Kent, England. It is situated 3 miles south of Gravesend and…

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  Lathe of Sutton at Hone · 1.9 km

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