Maidstone

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:26

9h 31m 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

• 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

543 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences192
• Anti-social behaviour121
• Shoplifting49
• Other theft43

101 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: High Street · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 434 rated 4–5 ★ (365 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Maidstone West (0.4 km)
• 84 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: 168.9p · Asda (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Barker Road Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds19

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
• 261 listed buildings 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 Grant

Conservative

Maidstone and Malling

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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés77

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,433 jobs advertised · £44,410 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Year 6 Teacher, Mobile Service Engineer - Plant Hire - Kent

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Wind 30% · Imports 28% · Nuclear 4%

172 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

9 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in ME15

• Mote
• The College Practice
• The Medical Centre Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidstone and Malling:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent722 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death470 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND303 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth281 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence197 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Maidstone West railway station · 0.5 km

  Maidstone West railway station is one of three railway stations which serve the town of Maidstone, in Kent, England. It is on the Medway Valley Line, 42 miles 36 chains (68.3 km) from London Charing Cross via Strood a…

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  Loose Stream · 0.5 km

  The Loose Stream sometimes called the River Loose or Langley Stream is a tributary of the River Medway notable for the number of watermills that it powered in its short length. It rises in Langley, flows through Bough…

• Tovil railway station · 0.5 km

  Tovil station is a closed railway station on the Medway Valley Line. The station opened in 1884 and closed in 1943.

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  Maidstone Law Courts · 0.5 km

  The Maidstone Law Courts is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Barker Road, Maidstone, England.

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  College of All Saints, Maidstone · 0.5 km

  The College of All Saints was an ecclesiastical college in Maidstone, Kent, England, founded in 1395 by Archbishop Courtenay. It was part of the establishment of the nearby Archbishop's Palace, but was closed in 1546.…

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  All Saints Church, Maidstone · 0.6 km

  All Saints is a parish church in Maidstone, Kent. It is a Grade I listed building and has been described as the grandest Perpendicular style church in Kent.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)