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Oversland

Oversland is a village in Kent, England. It has four bus stops and the nearest railway station is Selling, 0.7 km away. There were around two recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Oversland area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Swale area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 151,677 residents at roughly 406 people per km².

Council
Swale
County
Kent
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Police force
Kent
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 265th of 294 English council areas — better than 10% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability43
Affordable rents40
Good schools13
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation20
Employment41
Low council tax60

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

11°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 68% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:50Sunset 16:28

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

4 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: Boughton and Courtenay · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance bikes.
  • Road safety issues.

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

Road safety

277 reported road collisions (2025)

76 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 18.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Selling (0.7 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Selling (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£296,578 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Swale · to 2026-08

Detached£470,140
Semi-detached£318,445
Terraced£254,884
Flat£152,532

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,114 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £779
  • 2 bed £1,029
  • 3 bed £1,244

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

Affordability

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,057 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Boughton Golf Club (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

151,677 residents in Swale · 406/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,640
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,950
  • Net moves+1,690

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 59 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 67,440)

A £1,604
B £1,871
C £2,138
D £2,406
E £2,940
F £3,475
G £4,009
H £4,811

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

Schools

71 schools · 24,238 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Highsted Grammar SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolGood
  • The Sittingbourne SchoolGood
  • Fulston Manor SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Abbey SchoolInadequate
  • Borden Grammar School
  • EKC Sheppey Secondary
  • Leigh Academy Minster
  • Westlands School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swale

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

155 applications decided

89% granted · 138 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Helen Whately

Conservative

Faversham and Mid Kent

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 15
  • Con 10
  • LD 5
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£761 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,338 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,235 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 42% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 4%

187 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ME13

  • Faversham Medical Practice
  • Faversham Medical Group
  • Faversham Medical Practice Miu

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Oversland · 0.4 km

    Oversland is a hamlet in the Swale district of Kent, England. It is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west of Selling and is situated near Selling railway station. It is in that of the civil parish of Boughton unde…

  • Selling railway station · 0.8 km

    Selling railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Selling, Kent. It is 55 miles 18 chains (88.9 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between F…

  • Boughton under Blean · 2.1 km

    Boughton under Blean is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in south-east England. "Boughton under Blean" technically refers only to the hamlet at the top of Boughton Hill; the main village at…

  • Selling, Kent · 2.2 km

    Selling is a village and civil parish south-east of Faversham and west of Canterbury in Kent, England.

  • Dunkirk, Kent · 2.4 km

    Dunkirk is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in Kent, England. It lies on the Canterbury Road between Boughton under Blean and Harbledown. This was the main Roman road from the Kentish ports…

  • Mount Ephraim Gardens · 2.5 km

    Mount Ephraim Gardens is an Edwardian terraced gardens located at Hernhill, near Faversham, in the English county of Kent.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Oversland?
Oversland is a town in Kent, England, in the Swale local authority.
How deprived is Oversland?
The Swale local authority, which includes Oversland, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.