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Offham

Offham is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 483. There is around 1 restaurant or café, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is West Malling, 3 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Offham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tonbridge and Malling area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 132,201 residents at roughly 551 people per km².

Council
Tonbridge and Malling
County
Kent
Constituency
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 135th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Low crime66
Home affordability11
Affordable rents12
Good schools39
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation74
Employment72
Low council tax39

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

23°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

Crime

6 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: East Malling, West Malling & Offham · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Fly tipping.
  • Road safety issues.

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

Road safety

239 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

105 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 90 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: West Malling (3.0 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from West Malling (3.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£405,932 average 2.6% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-06

Detached£691,497
Semi-detached£423,412
Terraced£342,154
Flat£223,053

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,484 average monthly rent 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,029
  • 2 bed £1,329
  • 3 bed £1,620

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

Affordability

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · ESSO (8.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Richard Hochfeld LTD (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

132,201 residents in Tonbridge and Malling · 551/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 57,230)

A £1,648
B £1,923
C £2,197
D £2,472
E £3,021
F £3,570
G £4,120
H £4,944

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

Schools

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 25 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

59inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Tonbridge Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Leigh Academy TonbridgeGood
  • The Malling SchoolGood
  • Hadlow Rural Community SchoolRequires improvement
  • Leigh Academy Hugh ChristieRequires improvement
  • Aylesford School
  • Hillview School for Girls
  • The Holmesdale School
  • The Judd School
  • Weald of Kent Grammar School
  • Wrotham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tonbridge and Malling

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

164 applications decided

97.6% granted · 160 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 21
  • LD 11
  • Grn 8
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

68 jobs advertised · £44,073 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£821 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,480 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,525 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

49% low-carbon electricity

Imports 46% · Wind 30% · Solar 14% · Gas 6%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tonbridge:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Offham, Kent · 0.1 km

    Offham is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England, five miles to the west of Maidstone.

  • Addington, Kent · 1.8 km

    Addington is a village in the English county of Kent. It is close to the M20 motorway, and between the villages of Wrotham Heath and West Malling. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is called Eddintune. The meaning of th…

  • Chestnuts Long Barrow · 1.8 km

    Chestnuts Long Barrow, also known as Stony Warren or Long Warren, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Addington in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fifth millennium BC,…

  • Addington Long Barrow · 1.9 km

    Addington Long Barrow is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Addington in the southeastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic pe…

  • St Leonard's Tower, West Malling · 1.9 km

    St Leonard's Tower is a probable Norman keep in West Malling, in the county of Kent, England. The tower was probably built by Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester, between 1077 and 1108. It was a three-storey building, co…

  • Manor Park Country Park · 2.0 km

    Manor Park Country Park is a country park in West Malling, Kent, England. The 52-acre (210,000 m2) park, formerly the private gardens of the nearby Douces Manor, was purchased from the manor's owners by Kent County Co…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Offham?
Offham is a town in Kent, England, in the Tonbridge and Malling local authority.
What is the population of Offham?
Offham has an approximate settlement population of 483.
How deprived is Offham?
The Tonbridge and Malling local authority, which includes Offham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.