Kingswood (Maidstone)

16°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 14° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▼ 53% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Leeds & Langley · Kent

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

305 reported road collisions (2024)

92 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harrietsham (3.6 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,191 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Maidstone · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,293 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £917
• 2 bed £1,190
• 3 bed £1,456

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · ESSO (10.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Sutton Valance Village hall (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 188 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 32,020 pupils

49 primary · 12 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maidstone

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
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

244 applications decided

85.2% granted · 208 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

60% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Imports 29% · Gas 11% · Solar 10%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.2 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Faversham and Mid Kent:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership471 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test377 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office327 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Kingswood, Kent · 0.6 km

  Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood.

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  Broomfield and Kingswood · 0.9 km

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  All Saints Church, Ulcombe · 1.5 km

  All Saints is a parish church in Ulcombe, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.

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  Ulcombe · 1.5 km

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  St Peter's and St Paul's Church, East Sutton · 1.6 km

  St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Church Lane, East Sutton, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the mid-13th century or earlier and additions were made in the 14th, 15th and 16…

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  East Sutton · 1.6 km

  East Sutton is a parish approximately 6 miles south-east of Maidstone in Kent, England. East Sutton is small in number of dwellings but relatively large in area: the parish has a women's prison, a council estate of 16…

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